A watercraft tipped over in Lake Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday, with more than 200 individuals aboard.
The guv of South Kivu, Jean-Jacques Purusi, was priced quote by both the Reuters information company and the Associated Press as claiming that 78 individuals were dead, after a vessel lugging 278 guests tipped over and sank.
The greatly crammed vessel had actually been taking a trip from Minova in South Kivu district to Goma in North Kivu, a fairly brief trip on the lake. AP reported that the vessel sank while attempting to dock near the port of Kituku in the west of Goma.
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kb/msh (Reuters, AP)
