At least thirty people died in the sinking of an overloaded wooden motorized boat, called a whaleboat, in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on the night of August 17 to 18, 2024. Nearly a week later, the former opposition MP for Mai-Ndombe province, Willy Bolio, is still furious. He believes that the State is fully responsible for this type of tragedy: “It is the one that gives authorizations to all these boats that do not navigate in good conditions.”
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DRC: “If there are so many shipwrecks, it is due to the irresponsibility of the government”
