Dozens are feared to have died when two boats capsized in two separate incidents in recent days in Democratic Republic of Congo, REUTERS quoted authorities in the central African country as saying on Monday. One boat sank in the Ruki river in Equateur province in the north of Congo, and another in Kasai-Occidental province, close to the border with Angola. "The (Kasai-Occidental) accident was caused by fire. The manifest gives 39 names but in reality there were more. We are waiting for the navy to give us the death toll," said Djalo Meba, a regional official for the town of Tshikapa, around 60 km from where the accident happened on Saturday. "There were 17 deaths on the river Ruki in Equateur, and others who are missing," said Richard Ilunga, an official at the interior ministry, who said the boat sank between Thursday night and Friday morning.
