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At least 30 passengers, including several students, were killed when a boat sank in Congo’s northwestern Equateur province amid extreme weather, residents and local media said on Thursday.

 

The boat was carrying villagers and goods along Lake Tumba in Bikoro territory when it sank late on Wednesday, territorial administrator Justin Mputu told the local media. Thirty bodies have been recovered, and more people are missing, he said.