Boat disaster in Ethiopia kills 12

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Reports from northern Ethiopia say at least 12 people have drowned after their boat sank in the Amhara region.

The wooden vessel was taking passengers to a ******** across the Tekeze river, which runs along Ethiopia’s border with Eritrea.

The boat was hit by a flash flood and capsized on Saturday.

Twenty-six people were thought to have been on board when the accident happened.

The survivors were taken to hospital for treatment,

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, including a “severely wounded” child.

It was not yet clear on Sunday if all the bodies of those who ***** had been recovered from the water.

Work on an out-of-use bridge which spans the Tekeze river was due to be finished last month, but had been delayed, a local official told AMC.

Media access to northern Ethiopia is heavily restricted by the authorities.

The region has seen recent clashes between the military and an ******* Amhara militia known as the Fano.

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