An additional 50 people were feared dead after the boat capsized and sank near the former resort town of Goma. Rescue workers were trying to moor the sunken ferry to prevent it from being dragged into deeper water. But attempts to recover more bodies were suspended for the night and will resume this morning, officials said. Hundreds of relatives and onlookers converged at Goma's port for news about those feared trapped inside the MV Musaka, he said. Only some passengers were able to flee the ferry, which has a capacity of 100 to 150 passengers, said Jean Pierre Lola, an official from the rebel group that controls most of eastern Congo.
Ferries are the cheapest means of transportation between the two lakeside towns.
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