K INSHASA, Congo (AP) — A ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in northeastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and over 100 others ...

Public boats, with ample sleeping quarters, plied the Congo until the government of the DRC let them fall into disrepair. Now river traffic consists largely of barges (top) and pirogues (center).

BEIJING (AP) — A small ferry was hit by an oil spill cleaning vessel on a river in southern China, state media said on Friday night, killing 11 people while five more are missing. Nineteen ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A boat carrying people fleeing ... in a sign of their intention to maintain control of the city. And ferry service resumed between Goma and Bukavu, the only way to travel ...