On Tuesday, local police said a child had died and 23 others were missing after their boat collided with a hippopotamus and sank in a river in southern Malawi.
A ship carrying 37 people from one side of the Shire River to the other sank on Monday, Agnes Zalakoma, spokesman for the Nsanje district police, told France-Presse.
Rescuers found the lifeless body of a one-year-old child after 13 people were rescued by residents on the banks of the river, with 23 more people missing on Tuesday, the spokesman added.
The Shire River is the largest in Malawi, near the border with Mozambique, and boating accidents are not uncommon in this country, where, due to the lack of regular river transport, many people cross lakes and rivers in boats and canoes, sometimes in poor condition. .
Last month, at least five people were killed when an overcrowded boat capsized in central Mchinji.
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