At least 78 people died when a boat with 278 passengers capsized in eastern Congo, official says

A Congolese governor says at least 78 people have died when an overcrowded boat with 278 passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo. Jean-Jacques Purusi, governor of the South Kivu province, spoke to The Associated Press over the phone hours after the tragedy on Thursday. Her says the death toll was provisional and that the number of fatalities could rise. The boat, overloaded with passengers, sank while trying to dock just meters (yards) away from the port of Kituku. That's according to witnesses. It was going from Minova in South Kivu province to Goma, in North Kivu province.