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DRC Boat Disasters Claim 53 Lives in One Week as Overcrowding Blamed

CLAVE 1 / 412 people died after a boat capsized on Lake Kivu near Idjwi Island in South Kivu.

CLAVE 2 / 441 individuals were killed in a separate sinking on Lake Tanganyika less than a week earlier.

CLAVE 3 / 4Investigators suggest the Lake Kivu vessel was carrying around 80 people, far exceeding safe limits.

CLAVE 4 / 4The DRC’s 100 million inhabitants lack basic infrastructure, forcing reliance on unsafe water transport.

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