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 In pictures: Senegal's new ferry Three years after Africa's worst maritime disaster, Senegal has a new ferry service between the capital, Dakar and the southern region of Casamance. (BBC, 5 Dec 2005) Senegal remembers ferry tragedy Memorial ceremonies have been taking place in Senegal to mark the first anniversary of the sinking of the passenger ferry, Joola, in which more than 1,800 people died. (BBC, 26 Sep 2003) Maritime disaster - 'Recovery' opposed Divers inspecting the wreck of the second-deadliest maritime disaster in history found the disintegrating vessel all but buried in sand, and urged on Saturday that authorities not try to recover the human remains. (Arab Times, 18 May 2003) Senegal ferry disaster probed French prosecutors have launched an inquiry into the sinking of the Senegalese Joola ferry off the coast of Gambia. (BBC, 15 Apr 2003) Deaths at Sea: Grim Numbers With the revision of the death toll this month to 1,863, the sinking of the ferry Joola is thought to be the second-worst nonmilitary maritime disaster. Here are the other four worst tolls, according to the World Almanac and New York Times research. 1. Dona Paz: More than 4,000 The ferry hit an oil tanker off the Philippines in 1987. 3. Titanic: 1,503 The liner hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic in 1912. 4. Sultana: About 1,500 The steamboat exploded north of Memphis on the Mississippi River in 1865. 5. Toya Maru: 1,172 The ferry sank in Tsugaru Strait, Japan, in 1954. (New York Times, 28 Feb 2003) Senegal counts 1,863 ferry victims, one by one ... The sea took Francoise, 20, late one Thursday night in September when the Joola, a boat ferrying three times as many passengers as allowed, capsized into the Atlantic. By the government's last count, released this month, 1,863 people died as the Joola was en route to the capital, Dakar, putting the sinking among the worst maritime disasters ever. (International Herald Tribune, 21 Feb 2003) Senegal mourns and marches There is no mistaking the frustration and bitterness of many of the relatives and friends of passengers killed in the Joola shipwreck some three months ago. (BBC, 16 Dec 2002) 'More died in ferry disaster' The sinking of a ferry in the Gulf of Guinea in September claimed more lives than the 1 200 estimated by authorities early this month, officials of an association of victims' relatives said on Tuesday. (News24, 26 Nov 2002) Senegal fires prime minister, Cabinet after Africa's deadliest ferry disaster President Abdoulaye Wade fired his prime minister and entire Cabinet on Monday -- a shake-up widely anticipated after a state-run ferry capsized in what became Africa's deadliest disaster at sea. (San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Nov 2002) Ministers Resign Over Ferry Disaster (allafrica.com, 2 Oct 2002) Death toll rises to almost 1,000 in Senegal sinking (Ananova, 30 Sep 2002)  |
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