Lake Kivu - Indian Express 

At least 78 people are dead after a boat carrying 278 passengers capsized in eastern Congo's Lake Kivu recently.

Lake Kivu

• Location: Situated between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the west and Rwanda to the east. It is in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift.
• Size: Rwanda’s largest lake and the sixth largest in Africa.
• Area: Occupies 1,040 square miles (2,700 sq.km).
• Countries: 58% of its waters are lying in the DRC; the rest is in Rwanda.
• Dimensions: 90 km long and 50 km wide. 
• Average Depth: 220 m (Maximum depth - 475 m ) 
• Mouth: Lake Kivu empties into the Rusizi River, which flows southwards into Lake Tanganyika. 
• Island: The tenth-largest inland island on the planet, Idjwi Island, is located on Kivu Lake.