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Over 80 People Die in River Shipwreck in DR Congo, Reports Say

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - More than 80 people have died as a result of a shipwreck on a river in the western Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Actualite news portal has reported.
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The report said on Wednesday that at least 86 people died in the incident on the Kwa River in the Mai-Ndombe Province of the Republic.
The ship carrying the people capsized and sank as its engine failed, the media reported.
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