New Delhi: More than 100 people have been reported died or missing in a boat capsize in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Provincial officials said the incident took place in the Congo River. More than 100 people on board the boat died or went missing.

Speaking to the media, Nestor Magbado, spokesman for the governor of the northwestern province of Mongala, said that 51 bodies have been fished out. While 69 others on the boat are still missing. He said 39 people have also been evacuated in the accident. Earlier, 60 people lost their lives when a boat capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo on February 15. The incident also took place in the Congo River. In fact, the boat was over-board, causing the boat to sink.

The country's Minister for Humanitarian Affairs Steve Mabikayi had reported that about 700 people were on board the boat. He had said that the accident took place in the Mai-Nomdbe province of the country. The boat had left Kinshasa province for Mabandaka the day before. The boat sank when it approached Longgola Ecoti village in Mai-Nomadbe province.

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