DR Congo ferry disaster kills at least 78 off the shore of Goma

A video circulating online shows the boat tilting to one side and then sinking just before it arrived.

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The boat was travelling from the town of Minova in South Kivu and sank as it was arriving on Goma's shore on Thursday morning.

A video circulating online shows the boat tilting to one side and then sinking.

There were 278 passengers onboard, according to a regional governor.

"It'll take at least three days to get the exact numbers, because not all the bodies have been found yet," Governor Jean Jacques Purisi told Reuters news agency.

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