The police in Britain detained the ship’s captain on suspicion of gross negligence after it crashed into an oil tanker that ...

A boat carrying soccer players capsized on the Kwa River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 25 ...

At 0640 GMT the three-storey “Emmanuel” boat, filled with around 100 passengers ... Bukavu depends in part on agricultural products grown in North Kivu and transported to the city from ...

With roads in much of eastern DRC in poor condition, the small boats and ferries that crisscross Lake Kivu have long served as the main means of transportation for people and cargo in the region.

The Congolese government has backtracked on a move to tax goods coming from areas controlled by the M23 rebel group, ...

Traders and travellers packed their belongings and paid their fares early on Tuesday for the long boat journey across eastern DR Congo's Lake Kivu, the first sailing between the lake's two main ...