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At slightest 8 group from 1 family person died aft their homemade vessel sank successful cardinal Mozambique, authorities media reported Tuesday.
Monday's sinking connected a tributary of nan Zambezi River successful Sofala state came days aft astir 100 people, galore of them children, died successful one of nan country’s worst shipwrecks.
DEATH TOLL IN MOZAMBIQUE FERRY DISASTER CLIMBS TO 98
State-run Radio Mozambique said 2 group survived Tuesday and 2 were missing, citing Nobre dos Santos, administrator of nan territory wherever nan latest sinking occurred.
The Mozambican emblem flies against a clear sky. (Getty Images)
The southern African country’s nationalist broadcaster attributed nan mishap to "excess weight and bad weather."
Many areas of Mozambique, a gas-rich state that is among nan world’s poorest nations, are accessible only by boats, which are often overcrowded.
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President Filipe Nyusi past week declared 3 days of mourning aft nan April 8 disaster, erstwhile a ferry overcrowded pinch residents reportedly fleeing a feared cholera outbreak capsized disconnected Mozambique's bluish coast, sidesplitting astatine slightest 98 people.
