A Congolese official says 70 people are believed dead after a
riverboat capsized in the second reported deadly boat tipping
this weekend.
Equateur Province spokeswoman Ebale Engumba said the
boat hit a rock early Saturday in northwest Congo. She says
15 people survived among more than 100 estimated passengers.
Another boat tipping in Kasai Occidental Province left 200
people feared dead after the overloaded boat caught fire
Saturday evening.
Congo is a vast country of jungles and huge rivers in Central
Africa with little more than 480km of paved road.
Many people prefer to take boats even if they do not know how
to swim.
The boats are often in poor repair and filled beyond
capacity, and the industry is poorly regulated.
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