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Uganda Lake Albert boat disaster 'killed 251 refugees'
More than 250 people died in last Saturday's boat capsize on Lake Albert between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, a minister has said.
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Congolese authorities have declared three days of national mourning for the victims of last Saturday's disaster - among whom were many children.
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The boat was one of two which left on Saturday from Uganda's Hoima district on the eastern side of the lake, which lies on the border with DR Congo.
The boats were carrying refugees who had been living at a camp in Uganda, and had decided to return to eastern DR Congo of their own accord, the UNHCR said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26774338
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Congolese authorities have declared three days of national mourning for the victims of last Saturday's disaster - among whom were many children.
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The boat was one of two which left on Saturday from Uganda's Hoima district on the eastern side of the lake, which lies on the border with DR Congo.
The boats were carrying refugees who had been living at a camp in Uganda, and had decided to return to eastern DR Congo of their own accord, the UNHCR said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26774338
A horrible disaster, that's gone almost unnoticed in the UK, and I suspect the USA too.
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