A ferry collapsed a few hundred meters from its destination on Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and at least twenty dead have been discovered. The boat capsized on Thursday morning as it approached the shore of Goma from the South Kivu village of Minova. The boat is seen swaying to one side and finally sinking in a video that has gone viral. It is currently unclear how many people were on board, although some survivors told Reuters news agency it may have been carrying at least 200 people.
Nigerian boat capsizes, thought to have killed dozens of people. Aaron Ashuza, a local activist who is near the coast, told the BBC that he witnessed the removal of remains from the river and that the injured had been sent to a hospital. According to AFP, at least two kids passed away after being brought to the hospital following the incident. These kinds of incidents happen a lot in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where boats are usually packed full of people who do not always have life jackets on and can not swim. Because some ships hardly ever have passenger manifests, rescue attempts are made more challenging.