MAPUTO, April 8, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - The death toll from a makeshift ferry boat sinking off the north coast of Mozambique has risen to 96, local authorities said Monday.

"Five more (bodies) have been found in the last few hours, therefore we are talking about 96 deaths," Silverio Nauaito, the administrator of the small island near the northern Nampula province where the disaster occurred, told AFP.