More Than 40 Missing After Passenger Boat Sinks In DR Congo
Faizan Hashmi
Published September 26, 2026 | 04:45 AM
KINSHASA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 26th Sep, 2026) More than 40 people were reported missing after a passenger boat sank on Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Norris Mulongoy, Transport Minister for Tanganyika province, stated in a friday release that the incident occurred on Thursday with 84 individuals aboard, comprising 12 crew members. He added that as of Friday, 43 people had survived, including three children and four Tanzanian nationals.
The release provided no details regarding the possible cause of the sinking.
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