A boat capsized in Lake Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday, with well over 200 people on board.

An overcrowded boat capsized in central Congo on Tuesday, killing at least 25 people and leaving dozens more missing, local officials confirmed. The tragedy is the latest in a string of deadly boat ...

Traders and travellers packed their belongings and paid their fares early on Tuesday for the long boat journey across eastern DR Congo's Lake Kivu, the first sailing between the lake's two main ...

03/11/2025 March 11, 2025 Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is bustling again with cargo and passenger boats. The lake was quiet for almost a month after rebels captured the port ...

Families wait in a boat with their belongings on the shores of Lake Kivu in Bukavu as thousands flee the conflict The M23 has advanced easily in the region in recent weeks, Map showing eastern ...

Many routes leading to Goma have been cut off by the fighting and people often cross Lake Kivu with supplies on overloaded boats. Shipwrecks are frequent on the lake and there is rarely a well ...