Shaken by the strong winds that had been blowing on the lake for more than a week, this ship broke and sank in the waters of Tanganyaka Lake with everything inside. A provisional death toll of 5 bodies is announced at the risk of increasing, because according to some survivors, a hundred passengers had taken place on the boat of Mali or Mauwa.
Voices are rising to denounce these incidents with repeated losses of lives on the lakes and rivers of the DRC. Some think that regulatory measures are needed. That beforehand, the crews take into account bad weather, natural signals and that they avoid the overload. That the wearing of lifebuoys be mandatory for any passenger
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