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Volunteers have joined rescuers in the search for survivors and for bodies, while families have been mourning loved ones who were among the victims, officials say.
The incident happened on Friday in Mbandaka, in the north west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a provincial minister said on Sunday.
The large riverboat, which had left the city of Mbandaka for the Bolomba Territory in the Democratic Republic of Congo's northwest Equateur province, sunk late Friday night.
Boat accidents are common on the Congo River
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