Ferry capsizes in Congo killing 38 and leaving 100 more missing

The sinking comes less than four days after another boat capsized in the country’s north-east, leaving 25 people dead

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.

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