Two boats crashed while navigating the Congo River in Ecuador province overnight. Published October 5, 2026 October 5, 2026 A boat collision on a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed at least 30 people and dozens more are reported missing. Two boats crashed into each other while sailing down the Congo River, officials said Monday. The accident took place on Sunday afternoon near the Ngombe-Lukolela area, in the province of Équateur, in the northwest of the country. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listOfficials said 30 people had drowned during the incident. Search and rescue efforts have been launched to try to find the missing. Crispin Mputu, interior minister of Ecuador province, told the state news agency Agence Congolaise Presse that “a metal ship called ‘Dieu se cache’ was coming from Kinshasa,” the country’s capital, when it collided with a “wooden ship called ‘HB Super Victoire’.” [that] “Almost all passengers on board were trapped underwater and the ship also sank,” he added. Mputu said the people who drowned have already been buried. where night travel and overcrowded ships are often blamed. Poor safety standards and a lack of infrastructure in remote areas of the country also contribute to shipping disasters, which have killed hundreds of people in recent years. In July, a wooden boat carrying students returning from state exams sank, killing at least 20 people in the country’s Kasai province.
