Mozambican authorities have identified three more bodies from a shipwreck off Moma, Nampula Province, northern Mozambique, bringing the death toll to six.
“The body was identified yesterday (Wednesday) and two were found today,” Louse Abakar Chande, administrator of the Moma district, said, noting that the search is ongoing as it is suspected that there is another missing person.
The ship, owned by Haiyu Mining, a Chinese company that explores heavy sands in the region, sank around 6:00 am local time (5:00 am in Lisbon) on Monday. More than 20 people were on board, mostly company employees, the agency said. District administrator from Moma.
Operations by the Mozambican authorities ensured the rescue of 21 people on board the Chinese company’s vessel from Monday to Tuesday.
So far, overcrowding and bad weather in the region have been cited as possible causes of the flooding.
The Chinese company Haiyu has been exploring heavy sands in Nampul since 2011, from which it extracts minerals such as ilmenite, titanium and zircon.
In 2018, the company was the subject of a report by Amnesty International that denounced violations of Mozambican and international laws, pointing out that Chinese operations in Nampula “changed the area’s topography” and in 2015 rain washed away 48 houses, displacing 290 people.
Several Mozambican civil society organizations demanded the suspension of the Chinese company.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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