A motorised wooden pirogue carrying around 50 passengers capsized on Lake Tanganyika (one of the world's deepest lakes, bordering eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) in the early hours of Monday 13 April 2026, killing at least 30 people including women and children. The vessel, which had departed from the village of Katibili heading toward the town of Kalemie, overturned in strong winds around 4 a.m. near the village of Kibanga, roughly 10 kilometres from its destination. The death toll, confirmed by Kalemie's mayor David Mukeba, has risen steadily since the disaster, with the exact number of passengers unknown as the boat was carrying no passenger manifest and departed without port oversight.