Source: The Guardian [UK]
“At least 78 people have drowned and many more are missing after a boat belived to be carrying 278 passengers capsized on Thursday morning just a few hundred metres from the shore of Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The accident happened just as the vessel, MV Merdy, was about to dock at the port of Kituku, just outside the city of Goma, after crossing the lake from the town of Minova. Many watching the disaster unfold from the landing pier were waiting to meet friends and family onboard or were traders from the nearby market. Reports say 278 people were onboard the boat, which was built to carry only 80 people, according to survivors who spoke to the Guardian.” (10/04/24)