By Farai Mutsaka | Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe — A makeshift ferry overcrowded with residents reportedly fleeing a feared cholera outbreak capsized off Mozambique’s northern coast, killing at least 98 people including children, local media said Monday. The ferry with an estimated 130 people aboard capsized Sunday after it departed the southeastern African nation’s coast … Read more
Most of those on board were trying to escape the mainland because of a panic caused by disinformation about cholera. At least 94 people, including children, have died and 26 others are missing after a ferry boat capsized off the northern coast of Mozambique, say officials. The vessel was an overloaded fishing boat and was … Read more
Harare, Zimbabwe — A makeshift ferry sank off Mozambique’s northern coast Sunday, killing more than 90 people including children and leaving more than 20 missing, officials said. The Reuters news agency quotes Lourenco Machado, an administrator from the country’s Maritime Transport Institute (INTRASMAR) as saying at least 94 of the 130 people on board died, … Read more
More than 90 people died when an overcrowded makeshift ferry sank off the north coast of Mozambique, local authorities said on Sunday. The converted fishing boat, carrying about 130 people, ran into trouble as it tried to reach an island off Nampula province, officials said. “Because the boat was overcrowded and unsuited to carry passengers … Read more
