{"id":4146,"date":"2024-10-04T10:16:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T10:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsofbharath.com\/?p=4146"},"modified":"2024-10-04T10:16:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T10:16:44","slug":"boat-accident-in-lake-kivu-78-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsofbharath.com\/?p=4146","title":{"rendered":"Boat accident in Lake Kivu, 78 dead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NOB_ Boat accident, 78 dead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

NOB- Goma news:<\/strong> Goma is the capital and largest city of the North Kivu Province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu and shares borders with Bukumu Chiefdom to the north, Rwanda to the east and Masisi Territory to the west. The death toll from a boat accident in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 78, with dozens of people still missing, a local official said on 03.10.2024. The boat, carrying around 278 people, was headed to Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, from Minova in South Kivu province when it capsized earlier on 03.10.2024 in Lake Kivu near the village of Mukwidja in the territory of Kalehe, according to Jean-Jacques Purusi, the governor of South Kivu. The provisional death toll is 78, and the bodies were transported to the morgue of the general hospital in Goma and several people remain unaccounted for, said Purusi. The search for missing people was still underway by marines, teams from the Red Cross, and Doctors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The governor said the boat was overloaded with passengers and goods and sank after it failed to withstand a violent wave. A statement issued by the president\u2019s office said President Felix Tshisekedi learned of the accident with dismay and sent his condolences to the bereaved families. An investigation has been launched to establish the cause of the accident, in which 58 people were rescued, it said. A video showed the white and blue painted boat moving sideways before capsizing in the lake. A woman who seems to have recorded the video, which was shared on social media, is heard screaming in the Swahili language popular in Eastern Africa \u201cYesuu, batu banayisha!\u201d meaning \u201cJesus, people are dying!\u201d Sources said the boat capsized a few minutes before docking at the Port of Kituku in Goma. Boat accidents have become frequent in DR Congo, where water transport is common due to mostly impassable roads. Such accidents often result in huge death tolls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NOB- Goma news: Goma is the capital and largest city of the North Kivu Province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu and shares borders with Bukumu Chiefdom to the north, Rwanda to the east and Masisi Territory to the west. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6700,6698],"class_list":["post-4146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-78-dead","tag-boat-accident-in-lake-kivu"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t