DR Congo: Dozens dead after Lake Kivu boat capsizes
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A vessel carrying hundreds of passengers sank in Lake Kivu with reports that at least 78 people have died.
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A boat capsized in Lake Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday, with well over 200 people on board.
The governor of South Kivu, Jean-Jacques Purusi, was quoted by both the Reuters news agency and the Associated Press as saying that 78 people were dead, after a vessel carrying 278 passengers capsized and sank.
The heavily loaded vessel had been traveling from Minova in South Kivu province to Goma in North Kivu, a relatively short journey on the lake. AP reported that the vessel sank while trying to dock near the port of Kituku in the west of Goma.
Source: DW