Ferry capsizes in Congo killing 38 and leaving 100 more missing

A ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in north-eastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and more than 100 others missing, officials and eyewitnesses said on Saturday. Twenty people have been rescued so far. The sinking of the ferry late on Friday came less than four days after another boat capsized in the country’s north-east, killing 25 people. The ferry was travelling 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 on the

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