38 people are dead and over 100 missing in Congo after a ferry capsizes on the Busira River

At least 38 dead, over 100 missing after ferry capsizes in DR Congo

At least 38 people have died and over 100 remain missing after a ferry capsized on the Busira River in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), officials and witnesses confirmed on Saturday. The incident occurred late on Friday, when the ferry, part of a convoy of vessels, sank while travelling with passengers, mostly merchants returning home for Christmas. Joseph Joseph Kangolingoli, the mayor of Ingende – the last town on the r…

Dozens dead after ferry capsizes in DR Congo: Official

At least 38 dead and more than 100 missing after ferry carrying people traveling for Christmas sank in the Busira River.

38 people dead, over 100 missing as ferry capsizes in Congo

KINSHASA, Congo — A ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in northeastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and over 100 others missing, officials and eyewitnesses said Saturday. Twenty people have been rescued so far. The sinking of the ferry late Friday came less than four days after another boat capsized in the country’s northeast, killing 25 people. The ferry was traveling as part of a c…

Congo: 38 dead, over 100 missing after ferry capsizes in Busira river

On Friday, thirty-eight people are confirmed dead, while 100 are reported to be missing in Congo as an overloaded ferry capsized in the river Busira late, according to local officials and eyewitnesses. The boat was travelling in the northeast of the Congo as part of a convoy of other vessels, and the passengers were primarily merchants returning home for Christmas, said Joseph Joseph Kangolingoli, the mayor of Ingende, the last town before the s…