At least 41 die as boat capsizes in DRC's Lake Tanganyika

At least 41 people died and 49 were rescued after a boat carrying about 100 passengers and cargo capsized on Lake Tanganyika near the Congolese village of Mapera. The vessel was travelling from Kigoma in Tanzania to Kalemie in the DRC when it sank on Thursday; a search is under way for the missing. Provincial transport minister Norris Mulongoyi confirmed the toll. It was the second loss of a Congolese vessel on the Kigoma–Kalemie route in less than a month, after the MV Pacifique caught fire and exploded at Kigoma port on August 28.