More than 55 passengers are feared dead after a boat sank on Lake Tanganyika, off the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The vessel was travelling from the town of Kalemie, in the south-east, to Moba at the time.
"We have collected 10 bodies. The manifest says there were 58 passengers, but they might have been many more," Kalemie's deputy mayor told the BBC.
Bad weather causes many accidents on the lake at this time of year, but rarely is such a big boat affected.
Boating disasters on Lake Tanganyika have become frequent occurrences in recent years.
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