KINSHASA (Reuters) - Some 138 people died when an overloaded boat carrying passengers and goods capsized in bad weather in Democratic Republic of Congo, police said on Thursday.
The accident took place on Wednesday on a stretch of river in the western Bandundu province, some 300 km (185 miles) east of Kinshasa, the capital of the vast central African nation.
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