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Survivors of the ferry disaster that killed dozens of people in northern Mozambique, told Transport Minister Mateus Magala that the victims panicked after seven people living in Quivulane died from diarrhoea and vomiting.
One such survivor is 22-year-old Rabia Abacar. She says that her aunt died after being admitted to the nearby Lunga Health Centre. She said that the medication administered did not help to stop the diarrhoea and vomiting. An aid agency working in Sudan has warned levels of hunger and malnutrition after a year of civil war are much worse than previously thought.
This, she explained, panicked them and made them flee in search of a hideout in Mozambique Island. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and other organisations say the breakdown of governance and infrastructure mean a famine is now almost inevitable.
The government's initial explanation for Monday's tragedy was that panicked people were fleeing the mainland in large numbers, after false information was maliciously spread telling them they must go to Mozambique Island to escape an ongoing cholera outbreak. The United Nations, meanwhile, has said Sudan could become "the world's worst hunger crisis".
During his visit to Lunga this week, President Felipe Nyusi discouraged people from heeding misinformation, saying: "One can’t run away from death." Aid to the troubled Darfur region has been largely blocked by the war.
Read more on this story: 'I survived the ferry disaster - but lost 17 of my family' In addition, the country is not in a position to begin planting crops for the new growing season in May.
MSF said one child was dying every two hours at a camp in North Darfur where it screened tens of thousands of displaced people. It says conditions could be much worse in remoter areas.
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