India Today. Tragic boat accident on Lake Kivu claims 50 lives. Posted: October 4, 2024 | Last updated: October 4, 2024. A boat capsized on Lake Kivu in Congo, killing at least 50 people.

Reuters. 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 ...

GOMA, Congo — At least 78 people died when an overcrowded boat capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, a local governor said.

In January, 22 people died on Lake Maî-Ndombe and in April 2023, six were killed and 64 went missing on Lake Kivu. Witnesses of the Thursday tragedy said the boat was visibly overcrowded.

An ambulance approaches the shore of Lake Kivu after a boat ferrying passengers and goods capsized near the port of Kituku in Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Oct. 3, 2024.

A boat capsized in Lake Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday, with well over 200 people on board. The governor of South Kivu, Jean-Jacques Purusi, was quoted by both the ...

Congolese authorities have launched investigations into two recent deadly boat accidents, including the capsizing of an overcrowded boat on Lake Kivu on Thursday which killed at least 78 people.

KARONGI—Over 20 people who perished in an ill fated trip to Nyamunini Island in Rutsiro District on Lake Kivu ,during last year’s genocide commemoration, were remembered last Tuesday.Thousands of ...

As many as 150 people are missing after a passenger boat sank on Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi said. The disaster happened Monday evening, but ...

GOMA, Oct 3 (Reuters) - At least 78 people drowned when a boat carrying 278 passengers capsized in Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, a provincial governor said.

A boat capsized in Lake Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday, with well over 200 people on board. The governor of South Kivu, Jean-Jacques Purusi, was quoted by both the ...

As many as 150 people are missing after a passenger boat sank on Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi said. The disaster happened Monday evening, but ...