Five people have died and two others are reported missing following two shipwrecks that occurred over the past weekend in the Chire and Megaza rivers, in Morrumbala district, Mozambique.
The first incident involved a canoe carrying a couple and their son returning from an agricultural field and the second was on a boat heading to neighbouring Malawi.
Maritime administrator of Zambezia, Augusto Dongo, confirmed the incident, indicating that the two wrecks were caused by strong winds.
Mr Dongo revealed that, in the first case, a child died on the spot while their mother managed to swim to the banks of the river.