Middle EastOct 13, 2026

This Boat Was Sailing To Yemen

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On the evening of 8 October 2026, three hundred and five people boarded a boat on the coast of Djibouti. It sank soon afterwards, close to shore, near Guehere, north of the town of Obock.

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