Overview
- Authorities and the Sovereignty Council confirmed 21 deaths, with women and children among the victims.
- Police said six or seven people were rescued and about a dozen remain missing.
- The wooden ferry carrying roughly 30–35 passengers capsized Wednesday between Tayba al-Khawad and Deim al-Qarai near Shendi.
- All civil defence units in River Nile State were mobilised as search and recovery operations continue on the Nile.
- Witnesses cited high waves, and the Sudan Doctors Network blamed weak regulation, scant safety measures and a slow initial local response, noting similar past river disasters.