About 50 people drowned when an overloaded boat capsized in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), river authorities said Friday.

Church bells rang out as Sierra Leone on Monday marked a day of mourning for the victims of last week’s ferry disaster.

The captain of a ferry that sank off Sierra Leone leaving more than 200 people feared drowned ignored warnings that it was about to capsize.

About 200 people, including a large number of children, are missing after a river boat sank in Sierra Leone, the government said on Thursday.