Boat heading from Tanzania to Congo on Lake Tanganyika capsizes, leaving at least 41 dead
About 100 passengers and cargo were aboard, and 49 people were rescued as search teams continued looking for others, authorities said.
- On Thursday, a boat traveling from Kigoma, Tanzania, to Kalemie in the DRC capsized on Lake Tanganyika near Mapera, leaving at least 41 people dead and 49 rescued, according to provincial transport minister Norris Mulongoyi.
- For many in the DRC, boat travel is the cheapest transportation option despite limited infrastructure for more than 100 million people; vessels frequently operate overloaded and lack life jackets.
- Survivor Annie Moyoni told UN-backed Congolese broadcaster Radio Okapi that passengers were awakened at about 1am to find the vessel tilting to one side; authorities have not determined the specific cause.
- This sinking marks the second Congolese vessel loss on the Kigoma-Kalemie route in less than a month, following August's explosion of the vessel Pacifique at the port of Kigoma that killed six crew members.
- Hundreds of people have died in boat disasters across the DRC in recent years; the incident occurred on Lake Tanganyika, the world's largest freshwater lake and second deepest after Lake Baikal.
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More than 40 missing after Congo passenger boat sinks, official says
At least 41 people were killed in a ferry accident between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania on Wednesday night. There were about a hundred people on board. The Associated Press reports, citing local authorities, that 49 people have since been rescued, while the search for the remaining passengers continues. The ferry capsized and eventually sank due to an as-yet-unknown cause just off the coast of the city of Kalemie, located on th…
41 people have died after a boat sank in Lake Tanganyika in the Tanganyika province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Search and rescue operations are ongoing for the boat, which is thought to have been carrying around 100 passengers. The cause of the capsizing, which is believed to have been caused by carrying more passengers and cargo than its capacity allows, is unknown...
This website is from Cedarnews.net. We are the source of the most comprehensive and influential information available on our site. [Nairobi, Joint Report] At least 41 people were killed when a boat capsized on Lake Tanganyika on the 24th, on the border between Tanzania and Congo (formerly Zaire) in East Africa. The Associated Press reported that the boat was traveling from Tanzania to Congo and had approximately 100 people on board. Cedarnews ال…
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