Over 100 people are understood to have died, with almost 20 still missing, after an overcrowded, makeshift ferry capsized off the coast of Nampula, northern Mozambique. Officials say the disaster happened after panic broke out after disinformation related to a cholera outbreak spread. The vessel, a converted fishing boat, was carrying around 130 people on […]
Eight people have scrambled through a series of African countries to rejoin their cruise ship after it left São Tomé and Príncipe without them. The passengers missed their ship’s scheduled departure time from the island of São Tomé in the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of Gabon, after disembarking to take a local tour, […]
Mercy Ships has announced that Global Mercy has now completed deep water sea trials, one of the final milestones in the countdown towards the hospital ship’s delivery, equipping, maiden voyage and launch into service to sub-Saharan Africa in 2022. As the world’s largest purpose-built civilian hospital ship, Global Mercy has a design draft of 6.15m […]