127 feared dead as ferry sinks off coast of Cameroon

A ferry carrying 150 passengers sank off the coast of Cameroon, with only 23 people rescued and the rest onboard feared dead, officials said today.

The boat was bound for Gabon from a town in Nigeria on the Cameroonian border and first word of the accident came when fishermen found dead bodies floating yesterday in Cameroonian waters off the port town of Kribi, said Gregoire Mvombo, a top official in the region.