Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people have drowned on Lake Victoria after the boat they were traveling in capsized. The victims reportedly boarded an overloaded boat from Kirongo landing site heading to Kiyindi landing site on Thursday. They have been identified as Kabenge, the boat operator, Karisimati (a butcher …
Read More »Gov’t invisible in effort to recover Kasenyi drown victim’s bodies
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A frantic and resource-limited search is still ongoing to recover the bodies of over twenty people who drowned on Lake Victoria on Tuesday morning. Hordes of relatives have been camping at Kasenyi landing site, desperately hoping to find their loved ones. Ronald Bogere, the chairman …
Read More »Three drown in Kyankwanzi valley dam
The deceased had finished fetching water and resorted to swimming when they drowned Kyankwanzi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people including two from the same family have drowned in a valley dam in Kyankwanzi district. The deceased have been identified as Farouk, Seruke and Ali, all residents of Kololo village in …
Read More »Lions suspected in drowning of 400 buffaloes in Botswana
Gaborone, Botswana | AFP | More than 400 buffaloes believed to have been chased by lions drowned in a river in northern Bostwana this week, the government said. The mass drowning occurred in Chobe River near the border with Namibia. Early investigations by authorities in both countries “suggest that an …
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