Gabonese authorities have been searching for 31 people still missing after a ferry sank last week just off the coast of the central African country, killing six people.
The Esther Miracle ferry was carrying 161 passengers from Libreville to Port-Gentil when it sank on March 9 close to the coastal village of Nyonie.
“We have not stopped the search operations, we have continued them since the first day. As we speak, a boat is at the area with diving teams which are locating the shipwreck,” Gabon’s Prime Minister Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze told state broadcaster Gabon 1ere on Sunday.
Officials said the Air Force has been conducting daily search operations to find the missing people.
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