Mozambique: One Dead in Gaza Shipwreck

Maputo — One person died, and eight are missing, following a shipwreck on Tuesday morning, in Guija district, in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza.

According to government spokesperson and Minister of State Administration, Inocencio Impissa, the artisanal boat was carrying 42 passengers, 34 of whom were rescued.

Taking advantage of a fall in the level of flood waters, the boat was attempting to cross from the Tomanine accommodation centre for people displaced by the floods to the Canicado…