A ship carrying around 100 people capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, resulting in at least 50 incidents, according to an AP record citing testimony.
The saturated vessel, which was sailing from Minova in South Kivu province to Goma in North Kivu state, sank while making an attempt to wharf near the port of Kituku. At least 50 bodies were recovered by save service, but it’s not yet known how many were on table. Ten people who survived were taken to Kyeshero Hospital.
Recovery procedures are still being conducted, according to local specialists.
When it reached its capacity of 30 people, South Kivu province government Jean-Jacques Purusi informed a regional radio station that the ship was carrying about 100 people.
Bienfait Sematumba, who lost four community members, said,” They are all dead. I am only today. This tragedy would never have happened if the government had ended the conflict.
A testimony at Kituku interface, Francine Munyi, said,” I was at the harbor of Kituku when I saw the ship arriving from Minova, full of people. It began to lose its stability and dumped into the river. Some folks” threw themselves” into the water.
One victim, Neema Chimanga, described the incident:” We saw the ship start to fill with liquid way. The entrance of the ship opened, and we tried to close it. But the ocean was now coming in, and the vessel tilted”. She added,” I threw myself into the water and started swimming. I do n’t know how I got out”.
In the face of growing regional insecurity, residents and victims ‘ people gathered at the port to demand accountability from government. Due to the ongoing conflict that has closed the road between Goma and Minova, some people have switched to seafaring transportation. A freight broker, Elia Asumani, commented,” We are worried. This accident was repetitive”.
This incident comes after a ship carrying 50 people capsized on Lake Kivu in a similar crash in February. In June, 80 people died when an overloaded vessel sank near Kinshasa. Earlier this year, 22 folks died on Lake Maï-Ndombe, and in April, six were killed, with 64 missing, on Lake Kivu.
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