The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this week has risen to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said on Friday. About 500 passengers were on board the wooden boat when it capsized on Tuesday after catching fire on the Congo River in … Read more
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 … Read more
Dozens of people are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized in central DRC on Fimi river. An overcrowded boat has capsized on a river in the central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), killing at least 25 people, including children, and leaving dozens missing, according to officials and residents. The vessel, which was believed to … Read more
Cairo AP — At least 16 people are missing after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea following warnings about rough seas, Egyptian officials said Monday. The governor of the Red Sea region, Amr Hanafy, said rescuers saved 28 people from the vessel south of the coastal town of Marsa Alam, and some were … Read more
At least 28 rescued after the boat, called Sea Story and carrying 45 people, sinks near the coastal town of Marsa Alam. Egyptian authorities have rescued 28 people after a tourist yacht capsized off the country’s Red Sea coast on Monday, as search operations continued for at least 17 others, including foreigners. The boat, Sea … Read more
At least 58 rescued, as official warns death toll could rise after boat carrying 278 people sinks. At least 78 people have died after a boat capsized in Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a provincial governor said. Governor of South Kivu province Jean Jacques Purisi told the Reuters news agency … Read more
Navy says search continues as many passengers from the vessel, which sank off the town of Mbour, remain missing. Senegal’s navy says it has found 17 more bodies from a boat carrying refugees and migrants that sank off the West African country, raising the death toll to 26. In a post on X, the navy … Read more
Four survivors found after boat capsized off coast of Taiz governorate due to strong winds and overcrowding, UNHCR says. Only four survivors have been located after a boat carrying at least 45 people capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The agency announced the incident on … Read more
The boat carrying 300 people had left The Gambia and capsized near Nouakchott, according to UN migration agency. At least 15 people have died and more than 150 are missing after a boat carrying 300 passengers capsized near Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. “Approximately 300 people boarded a pirogue in … Read more
Refugees and migrants are increasingly taking the dangerous route despite instability in Yemen and the fallout of the war on Gaza. At least 49 people have been killed and 140 more are missing after a boat carrying refugees and migrants from the Horn of Africa to Yemen sank, according to the United Nations’ International Organization … Read more