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Hippo capsizes boat in Malawi leaving one person dead, more than 20 missing

Hippopotamuses wallow in the Dungu River in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A charging hippo capsized a canoe in Malawi on May 15, 2023, leaving one child dead and more than 20 people missing. [Via VOA]

A one-year-old boy is dead and more than 20 people are missing in southern Malawi after a canoe carrying 37 people flipped when it was hit by a charging hippopotamus.

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