Over 100 people missing after boat capsizes

More than 100 people, mostly women and children, are missing after a wooden boat sank on Tuesday in the Niger River in Nigeria, authorities reported.  The boat was carrying nearly 300 passengers, three times its capacity, who were returning from a religious festival.

A spokesman for Niger state's emergency services said that 16 dead bodies had been found, 14 women and two men. At least 150 people were rescued by emergency workers and volunteers in a frantic search operation. The search and rescue operation is still ongoing to locate more survivors.