Sixteen dead, 28 missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast - U.N. agency


NAIROBI (Reuters) -Sixteen would-be migrants have died and another 28 are missing after a boat carrying 77 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the second such incident in two weeks, the United Nations migration agency said on Tuesday.

The boat's occupants included children, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a post on social media platform X.

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