120 feared dead as Ghana boat capsizes

[Magogman]

Yahoo News (www.yahoo.com) is reporting another in what is a seemingly endless series of ferry diasters:  In the African nation of Ghana a boat carrying approx 150 people hit a stump while travelling across Lake Volta, an 8,500 square kilometer reservoir.  The boat reportedly hit a stump.  Thirty persons have been rescued; the remaining  120 are feared dead.  The passengers were being moved after settling illegally in a forest reserve and had been forced into the boat with their property and livestock -- the boat reportedly had a capacity of 70 people.

The boat was travelling from Dudzome to Abotoase on Lake Volta, which is three times the size of Luxembourg.