{"id":322058,"date":"2026-01-14T10:41:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322058"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:41:35","slug":"several-killed-in-mali-as-boat-capsizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322058","title":{"rendered":"Several killed in Mali as boat capsizes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2026\/01\/13\/image-350683-1768280624.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BAMAKO, Jan 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; A boat capsized near the fabled northern Malian city of Timbuktu, killing several people, the regional governor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;About 50 people were believed to be on board with their luggage&#8221; when the vessel sank late Thursday, the governor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;According to the preliminary reports, the sinking was likely due to non-compliance with navigation rules. Several people lost their lives, others are missing and significant material losses were recorded,&#8221; a statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boats are widely used in northern Mali on the Niger river and its tributaries. The Niger crosses Mali for 1,750 kilometres (1,100 miles), linking the south to the arid north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The landlocked country has faced a deep security crisis since 2012, fuelled notably by violence from jihadists as well as community-based criminal groups. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAMAKO, Jan 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; A boat capsized near the fabled northern Malian city of Timbuktu, killing several people, the regional governor said. &#8220;About 50 people were believed to be on board with their luggage&#8221; when the vessel sank late Thursday, the governor said. &#8220;According to the preliminary reports, the sinking was likely due to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322058"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322060,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322058\/revisions\/322060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}