{"id":12011,"date":"2019-04-16T17:14:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T21:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=12011"},"modified":"2019-04-16T18:37:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T22:37:02","slug":"at-least-150-missing-after-boat-sinks-in-dr-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/at-least-150-missing-after-boat-sinks-in-dr-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 150 missing after boat sinks in DR Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At least 150 people are missing after a boat sunk on Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country&#8217;s president said on Tuesday. Only few details were immediately available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accident happened on Monday when a small vessel sank on Lake Kivu, which lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. 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