At Least 30 Missing After Cameroon Army Boat Capsizes

More than 30 people are missing after a boat belonging to an elite Cameroonian military unit sank off the country’s coast on Sunday, according to the president’s office.

Three soldiers were rescued but 34 passengers are still unaccounted for, the statement added.

The logistics boat belonging to the Rapid Intervention Brigade, which has fought the Nigeria-based armed group Boko Haram in recent years, was carrying 37 people when it capsized early on Sunday morning, the Cameroonian presidency said in a statement.

As well as the troops the boat was transporting equipment for construction work at a military base on the Bakassi peninsula, where the brigade has helped to bring security after a previous spate of hostage-takings.