30 People Killed, 200 Missing When Boat Sinks During Bad Weather in Congo
At a Glance Many of the people aboard the boat were teachers, a local official says.The boat hit bad weather late Saturday. At least 30 people have died and another 200 are missing after a boat sank on Lake Mai-Ndombe in western Congo. Simon Mboo Wemba, the mayor of Inongo, told the Associated Press on Sunday night that many of those aboard the boat were teachers. The mayor says they had traveled to collect their salaries by boat because roads...