Another shipwreck was reported on the evening of this Friday, January 26, 2024 on the waters of Lake Kivu where a boat coming from Bukavu to Bugarula in Idjwi territory in South Kivu capsized in Karhulo, Mpene group with several passengers on board. and goods.
According to the first information on this drama »three lifeless bodies have already been recovered from the waters, among these victims we find two children less than a year old ».
Contacted by the sister site La presse Africain, the head of the Karhulo center affirms that “the toll is likely to be very heavy because the boat contained a large batch of goods from traders who carry out their activities in the center of Bugarula and at the Kishenyi market, the largest in the Rubenga chiefdom ».
In the meantime, searches continue to try to save the survivors, local civil society reports.
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Jules Ninda