Boat sinks in central DR Congo

About 100 people are missing after a boat capsized on the Kasai river in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reports say.

The vessel sank in the central Kasai-Occidental province, officials said without giving any further details.

Another boat capsized last year on the same river, a tributary of the Congo river, leaving up to 200 people dead.

Boats are common transport in DR Congo, which has few viable roads or railways but several major lakes and rivers.