A boat carrying passengers and goods has capsized on a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo killing about 140 people, officials say.
…A boat carrying passengers and goods has capsized on a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo killing about 140 people, officials say.
The accident happened on the Kasai river - a tributary of the Congo River - in the western province of Bandundu.
Police told Reuters news agency the boat had been overloaded.
After decades of conflict DR Congo has few roads or rail links, leading many people to travel on often overloaded boats.
Last November at least 73 people died when a boat sank on a lake, also in Bandundu province.
The latest accident occurred on Wednesday.
The boat was carrying passengers and goods from Mushie, about 30km (20 miles) from Bandundu, the chief town in the province, AFP news agency reports.
“The boat was badly overloaded and it didn’t make the rough waters,” provincial police official Jolly Limengo told Reuters news agency….
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DR Congo boat sinking ‘kills 140′
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