Many dead after DR Congo ferry sinks

IHS Maritime 360
'Overloaded' ferry sinks on Lake Tanganyika
IHS Maritime 360
TANZANIA: At least 132 people are now feared to have died following the sinking of the ferry Mutambala on Lake Tanganyika. On Monday, the Waterways Authority (RVF) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) stated that 129 bodies had been recovered ...

An explosion caused by a lighting strike has killed more than 20 people near an arms depot in the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN officials say.

DR Congo ilitoka nyuma na kuishinda Congo kwa mabao 4-2 na kufika katika semi fainali ya mechi za kombe la Afrika.

A brace of headers from Amissi Tambwe gave Young Africans a 2-0 win over Botswana’s DBF X1 in an exciting CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round, first leg at the National Stadium yesterday.

BG Group sank into the red in the fourth quarter, hit by a vast writedown on its activities in Egypt and the United States, the British energy firm said yesterday. Losses after taxation stood at $1.079 billion (800 million euros) in the three months to December, BG said in a results statement.

Mainland giants Simba breathed life into the Vodacom Premier League title race with a 2-1 win over JKT Ruvu at the National Stadium yesterday.

China’s outbound investment more than doubled in August to $12.62 billion, data showed Tuesday, far outstripping foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country, which fell to a four-year low.

At least 14 people died and 200 were rescued when a boat carrying hundreds of migrants sank between Libya and southern Italy, navy officials say.

Dozens of migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean after a boat sank south of Sicily, the Save the Children aid group says.