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At least 22 students drown after boat sinks in northern Sudan

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A woman gets water next to two men from the anti-government forces heading towards the Nile River in the town of Malakal, Upper Nile State, which is currently held by anti-government forces, March 4, 2014. (REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu)

At least 22 students drowned on Wednesday when a boat carrying more than 40 people sank while crossing the Nile in northern Sudan, state news agency SUNA said.

Civil defense forces were searching the waters for the missing passengers but had not recovered the bodies, the agency added. A female hospital employee also drowned

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