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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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78

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80

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69

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semi-formal

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English

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44

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short-lived

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