News About Congo

Congo Boat Sinking 'Kills 140'

Transportation accidents in Congo are using catastrophic due to overcrowding and disregarding safety measures.

This applies to cars to cars, trucks, trains, and boats. 

BBC News - DR Congo boat sinking 'kills 140'.

Up to 140 people are feared dead after a boat carrying passengers and goods capsized on a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say.

The accident happened on the Kasai river - a tributary of the Congo River - in the western province of Bandundu.

Information Minister Lambert Mende told the BBC the boat had been overloaded and 80 people had been confirmed dead.

After decades of conflict, DR Congo has few roads or rail links and many people travel on often overloaded vessels.

A Time to Celebrate and Unlift the Congo in Indiana

Congratulations to Indiana Region of the Disciples of Christ!  I pray your partnership grows stronger.  Be a blessing to the people of Bandundu.

Region Announces Partnership Week in Week

The Indiana Region and Mbandaka District (Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC) of the Disciples of Christ have designated the third week in May to celebrate the first anniversary of the signing of the Partnership Agreement on May 25, 2008, in Mbandaka, DRC.

Congo Partnership Week will be observed May 17-24.  The Region sees the week as an opportunity for all Indiana churches to lift up the partnership. Several options for lifting up the partnership are possible.