Silence gradually replaced the screams around Dejene Degefa as his fellow travellers suffocated one by one inside a locked metal container. He struggled to stay conscious but finally passed out, only waking to the sounds of rescue.
Dejene was one of only 14 people rescued alive from the back of a truck on the Malawi-Mozambique border on March 24. Police found 64 bodies inside.
Desperate to see their families, the group had to undergo 14 days in quarantine until they tested negative for Covid-19. Dejene spoke to Reuters the day they were released. A woman fainted in the hot dark within 15 minutes, he said. Panic spread quickly; a mass of arms and legs flailed out. He was kicked, passed out and woke up with a body on top of him.
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