Death toll from a boat capsizing in Congo earlier this week rises to 148, officials say
Death toll from a boat capsizing in Congo earlier this week rises to 148, officials say
SOURCE →DISPATCH №001 · 06 JUN 2026 · 06:35 UTC1,165,367 SIGNALS241 COUNTRIES7 THEMES
COUNTRY · MIDDLE AFRICA
Congo (Brazzaville),· COG
A watch kept across 505 signals — the dominant theme of warfare holding near baseline.
0%90-DAY VOLUME DELTA
SENTIMENT +0.23
SENTIMENT +0.23
SIGNALS
505
DOMINANT THEME
warfare ↑
SENTIMENT
+0.23 ↓
TOPWORDS
12
SENTIMENT TRAJECTORY · 90D
THEME MIX
WARFARE 26%NATURAL-RESOURCES 19%POLITICS 19%CLIMATE 12%MIGRATION 10%TECHNOLOGY 8%ECONOMICS 5%
TOP TOPWORDS
- 01Democratic Republic0%
- 02Congo0%
- 03eastern Congo0%
- 04KINSHASA0%
- 05North Kivu0%
- 06people0%
- 07United Nations0%
- 08Rwanda0%
- 09Felix Tshisekedi0%
- 10South Kivu0%
- 11United States0%
- 12World Health0%
PEOPLE
- 01Felix Tshiseked44
- 02Ka32
- 03shiseked28
- 04Tshiseked20
- 05Mo18
- 06Kabila17
- 07Denis Sassou Nguesso16
- 08Laurent Kabila15
ORGANIZATIONS
- 01AP206
- 02INSHASA108
- 03M23101
- 04United Nations84
- 05UN79
- 06WHO50
- 07World Health Organization50
- 08U N49
PLACES
- 01Congo385
- 02Democratic Republic of the Congo149
- 03Africa137
- 04Rwanda126
- 05Kinshasa123
- 06DRC114
- 07Goma101
- 08North Kivu78
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