At least 35 killed in Congo boat accident

A boat overloaded with passengers and freight sank in choppy waters on an eastern Congo lake, killing at least 35 people aboard.

High winds and heavy waves swamped the boat carrying 90 people and their goods on Lake Kivu yesterday, sinking the boat and killing at least 35 people, said Edouard Tamba Kakozi, president of the shipping association in the eastern Congo city of Goma.