More than 100 passengers have died in a boat accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: AP PHOTO

At least 107 people have died after a whaleboat caught fire in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to an internal government report seen by Reuters.

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The boat - a narrow, double-ended open vessel - caught fire on the Congo River near Malange village in Lukolela territory on Thursday evening, leaving 146 people missing, the Ministry of Social Affairs said in the memo.

Rescue teams recovered 209 survivors, several with injuries, after the vessel burned and dri

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