Boat capsizes in Congo; 50 dead
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•At least 50 dead after passenger boat capsizes on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo
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A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday , killing at least 50 people.
The boat, overloaded with passengers, sank while trying to dock just meters (yards) away from the port of Kituku .
It was the latest deadly boat accident in the central African country, where overcrowding on vessels is often to blame.
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