Kinshasa - Saba:
At least 143 people were killed and dozens more are missing after a boat caught fire on the Congo River in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, official sources reported on Friday.
MP Josephine Pacifique Lokomo told French media: "A first group of 131 bodies was found on Wednesday, and 12 more were recovered on Thursday and Friday."
Joseph Lokondo, a local civil society leader, provided information on the provisional death toll, which stands at 145.