About 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, were on a wooden boat anchored ... and intended to reach Malaysia. Some passengers on the boat had reportedly paid to be ...

The disaster occurred near Mbandaka, at the confluence of the Ruki and the vast Congo river which is the world’s deepest ...

Compétent Loyoko, a river commissioner, said a motorized wooden boat, HB Kongolo, which carried 400 people, was on fire in the vicinity of the town of Mbandaka, according to the AP. The vessel had ...