In Congo, overloaded boat capsizes, at least 60 feared drowned

At least 60 people drowned when a boat carrying over 700 passengers capsized on the Congo river in DR Congo’s Mai-Ndombe province in country’s the west. The death toll can sharply rise as over 240 passengers are still missing. Around 300 survivors had been found near the accident site. As DR Congo lacks roads, the Congo river and its tributaries are the only means of traveling long distances.