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Zimbabwean boat accident death toll rises to 68 as more bodies recovered
Police said 22 bodies were recovered as search teams continued to identify victims and determine how many children were aboard.
- Police confirmed the death toll from the Lake Kariba ferry accident reached 80 on Sunday, August 16, 2026, following the recovery of eight more bodies.
- Operating in turbulent waters on Tuesday, the ferry run by the Rural Infrastructure Development Agency capsized; officials reported it was authorized for 90 passengers but carried 114 adults and five crew members.
- Most passengers were villagers and fish traders from the Chalala fishing camp; the youngest victim identified was one-year-old Wendy Ndandarika.
- Hundreds of people gathered at the district hospital in Kariba on Saturday to identify their relatives, while the civil protection unit reported 77 survivors were rescued on Wednesday.
- With an estimated 157 people aboard, the incident is believed to be the deadliest ferry accident in Zimbabwe's history, occurring on the border with Zambia.
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The death toll following the shipwreck on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe has risen to 80. On Sunday, police recovered eight more bodies from the water.
·Kobbegem, Belgium
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Five days after the capping of an overcrowded ferry on Lake Kariba, the number of deaths has increased. More than 70 passengers have been rescued.
·Germany
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The number of dead in the shipwreck of a boat that occurred Tuesday on Lake Kariba, in Zimbabwe rose to 80 after the recovery, this Sunday, of more bodies.
·Paço de Arcos, Portugal
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(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = The death toll from the passenger boat capsizing on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, Africa, five days ago has risen to 80.
·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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