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Over 100 dead or missing after boat capsizes in Congo
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- 09 October, 2021
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More than 100 people are believed dead or missing in the sinking of a makeshift vessel on the Congo river, provincial authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Saturday, Report informs, citing foreign media.
Fifty-one bodies had been recovered by late Friday from the sinking during the night of Monday to Tuesday, and another 69 are believed to be missing, Nestor Magbado, a spokesman for the governor of the northwestern province of Mongala, told AFP.
Provincial authorities have declared three days of mourning from Monday.
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Konqoda gəmi batıb, 51 nəfər ölüb, 69 nəfər itkin düşüb
В ДР Конго при опрокидывании катера погибли более 50 человек
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