Dozens killed as boat capsizes in Congo lake

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Dozens ******* as boat capsizes in Congo lake

A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo, ******** at least 50 people, witnesses say.

It was not immediately clear exactly how many people were on board or how many perished but witnesses said they saw rescue services recover at least 50 bodies from the water.

Ten people survived and were taken to the local hospital, they said.

The boat, overloaded with passengers, sank on Thursday while trying to dock just metres away from the port of Kituku, the witnesses said.

It was the latest deadly boat accident in the central ******** country, where overcrowding is often to blame, including one this summer when an overloaded boat sank near the capital and 80 passengers lost their lives.

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