Kinshasa (Congo), Jun 12 (AP) Congo's president says more than 80 travellers have died after their boat capsized on a river near the capital of Kinshasa.

It's the latest deadly boat accident in the central African country where overloading is often blamed.

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The statement quoting President Félix Tshisekedi says the locally made boat capsized late Monday in Maï-Ndombe province as it carried more than 100 passengers along the Kwa River. (AP)

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