Mozambique: more than 90 dead in the sinking of a fishing boat converted into a ferry. The inadequate boat was overloaded with 130 passengers on board, local authorities announced.
Most of the passengers were trying to flee the mainland due to false information about the ongoing cholera epidemic, which caused panic. Mozambique has recorded nearly 15,000 cases of the disease transmitted by dirty water, and 32 people have died since October, according to government statistics. The boat sank because it was overloaded and unsuitable for carrying passengers.