Boat sinks

Authorities in western Congo say at least 30 people are dead and another 200 are missing after a boat sank on a lake. Simon Mboo Wemba, the Mayor of Inongo, told AP that many of those aboard the boat that sank on Lake Mai-Ndombe were teachers. The mayor says they had travelled to collect their salaries by boat because roads in the region are so poor. It was not immediately known how many people were aboard the boat when it hit bad weather on Sunday. More than 80 people survived.