Two children die in a capsizing on Lake Togo
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on 24 Heure Info
A canoe capsizing on Lake Togo, in Vo prefecture, left two people dead among 17 passengers, while 15 people were rescued. The two girls, aged about 8 and 13, were recovered after searches by rescue services, according to the Togolese Ministry of Security.
Two girls aged about 8 and 13 died after a canoe capsized on Lake Togo, in Vo prefecture, on Sunday 8 November 2026 at around 12:30pm. Fifteen other passengers were rescued, out of the 17 people on board, according to initial information from the Togolese Ministry of Security.
Firefighters, the Togolese Special Coast Guard Unit, police and gendarmerie forces, the National Civil Protection Agency and local fisher-swimmers took part in the search, 24 Heure Info reports. The authorities are calling on users of waterways to wear life jackets systematically and respect the maximum capacity of vessels.
The incident follows a canoe accident in Togo that left two people missing on 8 November.
