Police in Katima Mulilo have retrieved the body of a sixteen-year-old boy who drowned in the Zambezi River on Friday evening.

Two people are missing and presumed drowned after a canoe carrying three individuals capsized while crossing from Namibia to Zambia near Kazungula Bridge.

The level of the Zambezi River continues to rise significantly following heavy rainfall over the past few days.

The Zambezi River has been at its lowest level in five years, hitting a low of 0.30 centimetres measured on Tuesday afternoon compared to a reading of 0.90 centimetres at the same time last year.

The level of the Zambezi River has been rising rapidly in the past week after a drop of about three metres in the past months.

The floodplains in Kabbe South and North have started receiving flood waters as the Zambezi River started bursting its banks again.

The Katima Mulilo Magistrate's Court sentenced Nzundamo Kabala to an effective 21 years in prison after he was found guilty on two of six charges.