At least 78 dead after boat sinks in Congo's Lake Kivu, says governorAround 23 dead bodies have been recovered and 40 people rescued following a boat accident on Lake Kivu.
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A man reacts after his family member died after a boat ferrying passengers and goods from the Minova villages sank in Lake Kivu near the Port of Kituku in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 3, 2024.
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At least 78 people are dead after a boat carrying 278 passengers capsized in eastern Congo's Lake Kivu on Thursday, the governor of South Kivu province told Reuters.
According to Jean-Jacques Purusi, governor of the South Kivu province, the death toll was provisional and the number of fatalities could rise, news agency AP reported.