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160 Feared Dead in DR Congo Shipwreck on Border Lake

As many as 160 people are missing and feared drowned after a boat transporting up to 200 people from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Burundi across Lake Tanganyika sank, officials in the two countries said Monday.


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As many as 160 people are missing and feared drowned after a boat transporting up to 200 people from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Burundi across Lake Tanganyika sank, officials in the two countries said Monday.

"The M/V Kashowgwe, having left from the DRC town of Kalemie, near Uvira, capsized off Nyanza-Lac (in southeast Burundi)," Burundian army spokesman Colonel Augustin Nzabampema told reporters.

"There were 41 survivors, thanks to boats from Burundi that immediately went to their rescue. The others have not been found," he added.

Source: agencies


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