google-site-verification: googlec7193c3de77668c9.html

8 family members dead after makeshift boat sinks in Mozambique

At least eight people from one family have died after their homemade boat sank in central Mozambique, state media reported Tuesday.

Monday’s sinking on a tributary of the Zambezi River in Sofala province came days after nearly 100 people, many of them children, died in one of the country’s worst shipwrecks.

DEATH TOLL IN MOZAMBIQUE FERRY DISASTER CLIMBS TO 98

State-run Radio Mozambique said two people survived Tuesday and two were missing, citing Nobre dos Santos, administrator of the district where the latest sinking occurred.

Mozambique flag

The Mozambican flag flies against a clear sky. (Getty Images)

The southern African country’s public broadcaster attributed the accident to “excess weight and bad weather.”

Many areas of Mozambique, a gas-rich country that is among the world’s poorest nations, are accessible only by boats, which are often overcrowded.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

President Filipe Nyusi last week declared three days of mourning after the April 8 disaster, when a ferry overcrowded with residents reportedly fleeing a feared cholera outbreak capsized off Mozambique’s northern coast, killing at least 98 people.

Views: 0

See also  Israelis using gardening tools to fight wildfires sparked by Hezbollah rockets

Check Also

British man dies in paragliding accident in Spain

2,500 passes since Spain’s last World Cup goal – key stats as Cape Verde earn …

First Russian shadow fleet vessel enters Channel since Smyrtos boarding

Forwarder, a Russian-flagged ship which left port in Primorsk last week, entered the Channel on …

Will Putin change tactics after Ukrainian drone attacks?

Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, …

Leave a Reply

Available for Amazon Prime
Just a moment....