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At least five people have died and several others are missing after a speedboat linking Brazzaville and Kinshasa on the Congo River capsized, according to reports. The boat, carrying 16 passengers, had left Brazzaville around 09:00 (+1 GMT) bound for Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, just across …

Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say more than 60 people have drowned after a barge capsized and sank on the Congo River. Three-hundred people have been rescued but possibly 200 others are unaccounted for following the accident. Locals said the boat hit a rock east of the capital, …