Maï-Ndombe: two (2) students from the Loba Institute drowned in the Mulibampe River in Kutu

Inongo, October 12^th, 2025 (CPA). – Two (2) eighth-year pupils from the Loba Institute, in the educational subdivision of Kutu1, in the territory of the same name, in the province of Maï-Ndombe in the south-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, drowned on Friday in the Mulibampe River, the CPA learned on Saturday from an administrative source. ‘After school, the two pupils went to the Mulibampe River to swim in the afternoon, where they both drowned in an instant. After investigating these tragedies, we understood that neither of them knew how to swim,’ said Thierry Mpia Kempunga, head of the Loba locality. « The victims did not have any relatives in the area; they came from Ngolo, a riverside village located a few kilometres from Loba. They were both in their eighth year of school, studying pedagogy. So far, we have found only one body, which was recovered in Ngolo, his native village. Recently, there have been many cases of drowning in our region, » he added. ACP/