{"id":130949,"date":"2026-02-13T08:02:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T08:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/at-least-21-dead-after-boat-sinks-on-sudans-river-nile-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T08:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T08:02:49","slug":"at-least-21-dead-after-boat-sinks-on-sudans-river-nile-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/at-least-21-dead-after-boat-sinks-on-sudans-river-nile-2\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 21 dead after boat sinks on Sudan\u2019s River Nile"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least 21 people have died after a passenger boat sank in River Nile state in northern Sudan, a medical group has told the BBC.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The boat was travelling between the villages of Tayba al-Khawad and Deim al-Qarai, carrying nearly 30 passengers, including women, elderly people and children, the Sudan Doctors Network said.<\/p>\n

\u201cRescue teams are continuing with their work since there could be more bodies,\u201d said Dr Mohamed Faisal Hassan, the network\u2019s spokesperson.<\/p>\n

Authorities in River Nile state said on Thursday that 21 bodies had been recovered, AFP news agency reported.<\/p>\n

Eyewitnesses said the boat capsized due to high waves on Wednesday evening in the Shendi area.<\/p>\n

In an earlier statement, the medical group said six people had survived.<\/p>\n

The group urged authorities to deploy specialised rescue teams and equipment to accelerate search efforts.<\/p>\n

It urged authorities to \u201ctake immediate measures to ensure river transport safety and prevent the recurrence of such disasters that claim innocent lives\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis painful humanitarian tragedy once again reveals the fragility of river transport and the absence of basic safety requirements,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

Dr Hassan told the BBC that weak regulation of river transport may have contributed to the tragedy.<\/p>\n

He said many of the boats operating on the Nile were privately owned and that authorities lacked proper regulatory systems and safety measures.<\/p>\n

Authorities did not immediately respond.<\/p>\n

Sudan often sees accidents involving traditional boats, which are commonly used to cross the Nile because bridges are scarce, particularly in rural areas.<\/p>\n

The country has been engulfed in a brutal conflict since April 2023, when fighting erupted between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).<\/p>\n

The war has devastated large parts of the country, particularly the capital Khartoum and regions such as Darfur, displacing millions and crippling basic services.<\/p>\n

River Nile State, where the boat accident occurred, has been largely spared from frontline fighting, though the broader instability has strained resources and infrastructure nationwide.<\/p>\n

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At least 21 people have died after a passenger boat sank in River Nile state in northern Sudan, a medical group has told the BBC. The boat was travelling between the villages of Tayba al-Khawad and Deim al-Qarai, carrying nearly 30 passengers, including women, elderly people and children, the Sudan Doctors Network said. \u201cRescue teams […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}