drowning

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Namibia

Tragic Loss: Learner’s Body Recovered After Drowning

  The body of O'Linn Nauyoma, a learner from Etosha Secondary School, has been recovered after he drowned in Lake Guinas during a school trip on 8 September 2024. Education Executive Director Sanet Steenkamp confirmed the government’s commitment to supporting Nauyoma's family as authorities continue to address the tragic incident with care and compassion.  

today8 January, 2025

Africa

Lake Victoria: why so many fishers are dying and what can be done about it

        By Ranaivo Rasolofoson, University of Toronto and Kathryn Fiorella, Cornell University     Small-scale fishers on Lake Victoria (Africa’s largest freshwater lake, shared by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) are drowning. Safety issues such as storms, a lack of available life jackets, and a shortage of navigational equipment and rescue services are a major cause of this. Existing studies have found that climate change is projected to […]

today26 June, 2024