Eleven people, including women, little girls, and a baby, are missing after a hippopotamus capsized their boat on the Sassandra River in southwestern Ivory Coast on Friday.

• Three people survived the incident, which occurred near the town of Buyo.
• Minister for national cohesion and solidarity Myss Belmonde Dogo confirmed the incident on Facebook.
• Hippopotamuses are the species most frequently mentioned in fatal or injurious human interactions in Ivory Coast, where an estimated 500 hippos reside.