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50 dead in boat accident in northwest DR Congo

50 dead in boat accident in northwest DR Congo

Fifty people died in a boat accident on a river in remote northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said yesterday.

The accident happened on the Momboyo river Wednesday night, Richard Mboyo Iluka, vice governor of Tshuapa province, said: "We found 49 bodies on Thursday and another one this morning."

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