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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A boat ferrying passengers to a traditional festival overturned off the coast of Djibouti Thursday, killing at least 69 people, an official said. More people were feared missing or dead, said Ismael Tani, an adviser to Djiboutian President Ismail Umar Guelleh, said by telephone.
"There were many dead," he said, adding that 69 was the provisional death toll. He said it overturned in the harbor after leaving port about noon and "was probably overloaded."
Tani said officials believed more than 200 people were on board the vessel, which he said was headed for a traditional fair.
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