At least 78 people killed after boat capsizes in DRC
Al Jazeera
At least 58 rescued, as official warns death toll could rise after boat carrying 278 people sinks.
At least 78 people have died after a boat capsized in Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a provincial governor said.
Governor of South Kivu province Jean Jacques Purisi told the Reuters news agency on Thursday that 278 people had been on board the boat before it overturned.
“It’ll take at least three days to get the exact numbers, because not all the bodies have been found yet,” Purisi told Reuters.
The governor of the neighbouring North Kivu province said at least 58 people had been rescued.
The boat, which had come from the town of Minova in South Kivu province, sank on Thursday morning, only 100 metres (328 feet) from its destination at the shore of Goma.
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