Sudan: Al Bashir Visits Scene of Nile Tragedy - Pledges School, Bridge, Pilgrimage for Bereaved Parents

19 August 2018

El Buheira — Sudan's President Al Bashir has directed the construction of a mixed model bicameral school at El Buheira area north of Khartoum in River Nile state where 22 students and an adult woman from El Manaseer drowned after their boat capsized crossing the Nile on Wednesday.

Only four bodies have been recovered thus far, as the Nile is in full flood owing to the rainy season, which has also caused extensive flooding and destruction elsewhere in Sudan.

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