NYATSHIBINGU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Villagers searched for bodies in Democratic Republic of Congo's Lake Kivu on Friday after a passenger boat capsized https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/two-drowned-dozens-feared-missing-after-boat-sinks-eastern-congo-2021-11-11 the day before, leaving dozens feared dead.
Fifteen bodies had been found and 34 people were still missing by Friday afternoon, according to a local chief, a civil society leader and survivors of the wreck. The provincial governor provided a lower toll of eight dead and 20 missing.
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