Tinotenda Pudu, 7, went missing from his village in the northwest of the country on December 27. He was eventually found in the Matusadona National Park after a rescue mission involving park rangers, police and the local community, according to a spokesperson from Zimbabwe Parks, the country’s parks and wildlife management authority.

A child who had been missing for five days was found alive in a vast game park inhabited by big cats and other wild animals in northern Zimbabwe, officials said.

A 7-year-old boy was found alive after wandering away from his village and getting stranded in a national park in Zimbabwe among "roaring lions" for five days, park officials and a member of the 10th Parliament of Zimbabwe said.

A seven-year-old boy survived five days in a Zimbabwean park filled with lions and elephants, highlighting his remarkable survival skills.

Tinotenda Pudu, a 7-year-old boy, was rescued after spending five days in the Matusadona Game Park in northern Zimbabwe.

An unimaginable story of survival has emerged from Zimbabwe, where an 8-year-old boy, Tinotenda Pudu, defied the odds after spending five grueling days in the predator-laden wilderness of Matusadona National Park.