On 24 March 2020, 78 people – 64 dead and 14 alive – were found in a shipping container on a lorry in Mozambique.
[1] Mozambique is a transit route for African migrants, attempting to reach the large economy in South Africa to find work.
[3] Immigration staff discovered the victims after they stopped the vehicle, which had crossed the border from Malawi, at a checkpoint in Tete Province in northwestern Mozambique and heard noises from inside it.
[1][2] The Ethiopian embassy in South African announced via Facebook that all the deceased victims had been identified with help from the surviving individuals.
[4] Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel Laureate Abiy Ahmed used Twitter to express his condolences.