Bandundu Province, DR Congo, Sept 16, 2024 (AFP) - Four dead, 40 missing after DRC boat capsize

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2024-09-16

An overloaded wooden motorised boat capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo Monday, killing at least four people and leaving some 40 others missing, local authorities said. The accident took place on the Kwango, a tributary of the Congo river in the southwestern province of the same name, the deputy governor Remy Saki said. "Four bodies have been recovered. At this stage 79 people managed to survive and about 40 are missing," he said. Saki s......

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