Tanzania mourns ferry crash victims

Rescuers help survivors of a ferry that capsized and sank near the coast of Zanzibar on Wednesday, killing at least 31 people.<br/> <br />The ferry had left Tanzania around midday for Zanzibar, a popular tourist destination, with more than 250 passengers on board.<br/> <br />So far, at least 145 have been rescued but it is still not known how many have drowned.<br/> <br />Zanzibar's president Ali Mohamed Shein has declared three days of mourning and has called for national unity following the tragedy.<br/> <br />More than 200 people were killed when a crowded ferry sank in September last year, in the worst maritime disaster in Zanzibar's history.<br/> <br />Sarah Sheffer, Reuters