April 8 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Around 25 people have been reported missing after the sinking of a boat on Lake Tanganyika, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where search and rescue efforts continue to try to locate possible survivors.
Sources cited by the Congolese news portal Actualité have indicated that at least 24 people are untraceable after the sinking of the 'Maman Benita' during the early hours of Sunday, an event attributed to the strong winds in the area.
However, they have emphasized that for now it is not possible to establish a precise balance of victims, given that some passengers would not appear in the ship's registration documents, so it is feared that the number of missing people could be even higher.
The ship, on which about ten foreigners would travel, was heading from Kigoma, in Tanzania, to Kalemie, also carrying merchandise. The sinking took place between the island of Bilila and the town of Kabimba.
Lake Tanganyika, located on the border between Burundi, DRC, Tanzania and Zambia, is the deepest on the continent. The area registers significant traffic of boats and other vessels for the transfer of people and goods between both shores.
