Boat of Refugees Sinks, Killing 50
From Times Wire Reports
A boat full of refugees fleeing fighting in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, hit a rock near the border with neighboring Guinea-Bissau and sank Monday, killing 50 people, officials said. Thousands of refugees have fled Freetown since fighting began there in January. As many as 3,000 people have died in fighting nationwide since December. Rebels of the Revolutionary United Front are fighting to oust the government of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and his allies in a Nigerian-led West African intervention force.
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