Tanzania's state broadcaster says the death toll from a capsized ferry on Lake Victoria has risen to 207, while wooden coffins arrived at the scene. The government's Chief Secretary John Kijazi spoke to reporters after Tanzanian President John Magufuli ordered the arrests of those allegedly responsible for the disaster. The badly overloaded ferry capsized in the final stretch before shore on Thursday afternoon as people returning from a busy market day shifted and prepared to disembark. An aerial image shows the capsized ferry MV Nyerere in Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Initial estimates suggested there were more than 300 people on board when ferry capsized just a few metres from the dock on Ukerewe, the lake's biggest island.

Source: CBC News September 22, 2018 11:37 UTC