At least 193 people have been killed in two deadly boat accidents in two days in Democratic Republic of Congo.

The most recent incident occurred on Thursday and saw a boat with nearly 500 passengers catch fire and capsize on the Congo River, in the Equateur Province's Lukolela territory, authorities said.

Some 107 people were killed and a further 146 are missing, the Congolese humanitarian affairs ministry said.

It came a day after at least 86 people were killed in a separate boat accident in the Basankusu territory, in the same province. Most of those victims were said to have been students.

Images appearing to be from the scene showed villagers gathered around bodies.

It is not immediately clear what caused either accident, but state media attributed the first to "improper loading a

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