The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, ...

Congo’s rivers are a major means of transport ... Hundreds have been killed in boat accidents in recent years as more people abandon the few available roads for wooden vessels packed with ...

The search for the missing was under way on Wednesday with rescue teams supported by the Red Cross and provincial authorities, following the accident on the Congo River late Tuesday night. The ...