Scores Killed After Boat Capsizes on Lake Victoria in Uganda

A boat carrying at least 100 revellers has capsized on Lake Victoria, killing several people. Prince David Wasajja, the brother of Buganda King Kabaka Ronald Mutebi, had been on board but he was rescued. Over 200 people were killed in a Tanzanian ferry disaster in September, with officials saying it had been dangerously overcrowded. Lake Victoria is the world's second largest lake, bordering Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya.

Police and defence force soldiers load the bodies of boat cruise accident victims on to waiting trucks. Photo by Jessica Sabano

Relatives wait on the shore of Lake Victoria.

Rescue divers.

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