Malawi: Over Twenty Go Missing After Canoe Capsizes In Shire River

By Joseph Dumbula.

About twenty people are not being traced following an accident in which a canoe they were sailing in was reportedly hit by a hippo and capsized on the Shire River, Malawi’s biggest river in Nsanje district.

So far, a manhunt has been launched with police however in fear there could be a rising death toll.

It is reported that over thirty people had been travelling to their fields which lie on the Mozambican side of the river.

Agnes Zalakoma, Nsanje police publicist has told the local media that the death toll is expected to rise as detectives and rescue teams search for the missing people as until now far, 13 people have been rescued.

At the moment, Kafandikhale Mandevana, a member of parliament around the area said the accident took place Phokera Dock where the dung-out canoe has capsized.