The motorized wooden boat caught fire near the town of Mbandaka, Loyoko said. The boat, HB Kongolo, had left the port of Matankumu for the Bolomba territory. “The death toll among the 500 ...

At least 148 people were found dead in Democratic Republic of Congo after a motorized wooden boat caught fire and capsized, media reports citing local officials said on Friday. The boat was ...

The motorized wooden boat with about 400 passengers caught fire near the town of Mbandaka, Compétent Loyoko, the river commissioner, told The Associated Press. The boat, HB Kongolo, had left the ...

A boat has capsized after catching fire in the northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving at least 50 people dead and hundreds missing, a local official said on Wednesday. Dozens were ...

Compétent Loyoko, a river commissioner, said a motorized wooden boat, HB Kongolo, which carried 400 people, was on fire in the vicinity of the town of Mbandaka, according to the AP. The vessel ...

At least 50 people have died in a tragic boating accident. Hundreds of people are still missing as well. On Tuesday night, a boat caught fire and ended up capsizing into the Congo River in ...

A fire on a motorized wooden boat in DR Congo has claimed many lives, but officials say the death toll is far lower than the previously reported 148 people. A boat fire in the Democratic Republic ...

At least 148 people were found dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a motorized wooden boat caught fire and capsized, media reports citing local officials said on Friday. The boat was ...