Ferry sinks of the Mozambique coast, killing more than 90
A FERRY sank off Mozambique’s northern coast on Sunday, killing more than 90 people, local media reported.
The overcrowded boat was carrying 130 people and many of the drowned were children, according to TV Diario Nampula, a local online outlet.
The boat was operating between Lunga and the Island of Mozambique in Nampula province in the north of the country when it capsized, the report said.
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