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Rosita Mabuiango: 'Miracle baby' born in a tree above Mozambique floodwaters dies aged 25

Rosita Mabuiango, born during Mozambique's 2000 floods, died at 25 after battling anemia and tuberculosis, highlighting challenges in the country’s health system.

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Rosita Salvador Mabuiango's mother was sheltering for days before giving birth perched above the water.

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Their birth on a tree in the midst of floods once moved the world. Now Mozambique's "Wunderbaby" Rosita Mabuiango died at the age of 25. The country thus loses an important symbol figure.

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A world-famous survival story has come to an end: the young woman who was born during the 2000 Mozambique floods has died.

·Budapest, Hungary
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The sight of a newborn baby and his mother being winched to safety by a helicopter in the middle of a flooded landscape in Mozambique has become one of the most recognizable images of the turn of the millennium. The "miracle baby" born in a tree, who was seen as a symbol of resistance and hope, died on Monday, aged just 25.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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BBC News broke the news in United Kingdom on Monday, January 12, 2026.
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