Butembo: A boat carrying around 700 people capsized in the Congo river in Mai-Ndombe province on Monday.

According to the report,the boat had departed from Kinshasa and was heading to Equator province. Steve Mbikayi, the minister for humanitarian action shared the information about the accident he said on Monday that 700 people were on board the vessel that sunk near the village of Longola Ekoti, in Mai-Ndombe province, the previous night. Mbikayi said, "So far the rescue team has recovered 60 lifeless bodies and 300 survivors. There are still several missing after this shipwreck."

Stating the reason behind the accident, the minister said, "The main cause of the sinking remains the overload of goods and the excess number of passengers in the whaling boat." He further added, "The main cause of the sinking remains the overload of goods and the excess number of passengers in the whaling boat," the minister said, adding "that night navigation also played a role in the sinking". 

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