Tanzania mourns for ferry victims
Tanzanians yesterday began three days of national mourning for victims of a ferry accident off the popular tourist archipelago of Zanzibar, in which nearly 200 people died.
But amid the grief, there were recriminations and anger that one of the worst maritime disasters in Africa in a decade could have been avoided if the ferry had not been patently overloaded.
The ferry Spice Islander, reportedly with more than 800 people as well as cargo on board, capsized early Saturday.
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