Death toll rises to 47 in DR Congo shipwreck: minister

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Death toll rises to 47 in DR Congo shipwreck: minister

STORY: Death toll rises to 47 in DR Congo shipwreck: minister DATELINE: Oct. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference in Kinshasa 2. SOUNDBITE (French): MARC EKILA, Minister of Transports, DRC 3. various of boats sailing on the Congo River (file images) STORYLINE: The death toll has risen to 47 since a boat sank last Friday in the province of Equateur, northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Minister of Transport Marc Ekila announced late Monday. The shipwreck, which occurred last Friday night on the Congo River, killed at least 47 people and an unknown number remains missing, said the minister, specifying that the tragedy was due to "overloading." SOUNDBITE (French): MARC EKILA, Minister of Transports, DRC "After exchanging with the staff on the ground, up to 2 p.m. today, 47 bodies have been found. Many people are still missing. Unfortunately, as the boat was in an irregular situation, we could not get the manifest th

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