At least 50 killed after boat catches fire, capsizes in DR Congo | News

A motorised wooden boat with about 400 passengers caught fire and capsized near the town of Mbandaka.

A boat has capsized after catching fire in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), leaving at least 50 people dead and hundreds missing, a local official has said.

The search for the missing was under way on Wednesday with rescue teams supported by the Red Cross and provincial authorities, following the accident on the Congo River late Tuesday night.

The motorised wooden boat…