Lake Kariba tragedy: Zimbabwe boat sinks with 95 people on board

Rescue operations are underway after a passenger boat carrying 95 people sank on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. Police said the vessel capsized on Tuesday with 90 passengers and five crew onboard, but they cautioned it may have been overloaded. Other reporting points to a higher number based on registered ticket sales. A witness told AFP the boat departed in bad weather in the morning; it may have been struck by a wave and overturned. The AP quoted Zimbabwe’s Civil Protection Unit saying ticket records show 114 adults were aboard, with an unknown number of children below the ticketing age. A local MP, Mutsa Murombedzi, posted video on X and urged officials to release the correct figures. Police said further details will come later.