Around 23 bodies recovered following boat accident on Congo's Lake Kivu
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. REUTERS/Stringer
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Around 23 bodies have
been recovered and 40 people rescued following a boat accident on Lake Kivu,
Colonel Molatelo Motau of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
mission in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday.
A video seen by
Reuters appeared to show the two-deck boat tilting sideways before capsizing in
calm waters. Reuters was not immediately able to verify the video.
A local migration
authority said that around 45 males and 35 females were registered as
passengers, adding that those figures were not definitive and ages were
unavailable.
Several survivors told
Reuters that there saw nearly 200 people on board.
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