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Scores dead after overcrowded boat capsizes on Lake Kivu in DR Congo | DW News

  • October 4, 2024



Scores dead after overcrowded boat capsizes on Lake Kivu in DR Congo | DW News

At least 78 passengers have been reported dead after a boat carrying scores of people capsized on Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Officials say the wooden vessel was severely overcrowded, and sank while trying to dock. Witnesses say they saw rescue workers pull dozens of bodies out of the water. Many are angry with the government for failing to address systemic safety issues and lack of alternatives to crowded boats.

For more on this, we talk to DW Correspondent Felix Maringa in Nairobi.

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46 comments

  16. ಆಕಸ್ಮಿಕವಾಗಿ ಮಡಿದವರ ಆತ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಚಿರಶಾಂತಿ ಸಿಗಲಿ ಎಂದು ಆ ದೈವದಲ್ಲಿ ಎನ್ನ ಹೃದಯ ಪೂರ್ವಕ ಶರಣು ಶರಣಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು.

  44. It is a tragedy all the way around. Some folks are saying they should learn how to swim. How heartless. A lot of people were trapped and clearly had no chance. May God comfort them all.😢😢

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