A promising 19-year-old goalkeeper capped at international level by Gambia's national women's football team has drowned in the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe.Fatim Jawara was on a boat trying to make the crossing from Libya when the ship capsized , killing her and others on board.
Today, family members confirmed that Jawara, who had made her debut with the country's women's side a year ago, had died in the accident, raising the total of migrants who have either gone missing or perished while fleeing conflict zones to over 4,200 this year."She will be remembered for saving a penalty kick in a friendly encounter involving the national soccer team and the Glasgow Girls from Scotland," association president Lamin Kaba Bajo told AFP.
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Source:www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2016/11/03/581b6031e5fdea29288b4589.html

Why now.

Very foolish decision! She could have gone on to be a national star.
All the same, may her soul rest in peace.

Another star is going to walk into her shoes very soon and she will be forgotten.

This is a sorry example of African’s failure in human endeavor. If the heads still remain on the shoulders of dumbass Africans, why would this beautiful and talented girl even think of Europe much less risk the perils of crossing Mediterranean on a boat?