An overcrowded ferry which sunk when trying to leave Mozambique to escape a deadly cholera outbreak has seen 91 deaths, according to officials. It’s reported 130 passengers were on the makeshift vessel which sank off the coast of Nampula, the third largest city.
Many children are thought to have died in the incident in which five youngsters were rescued by emergency services.
A search and rescue operation has been launched to find survivors but it is thought conditions at sea have made it hard for rescuers.
Nampula’s secretary of state Jaime Neto said: “Because the boat was overcrowded and unsuited to carry passengers it ended up sinking.”
