Nearly 130 people are reported to have died after a boat sank in Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A local transport minister has suggested the vessel may have been carrying excess weight.

A number of other passengers were rescued.

The vessel was said to be travelling north from Katanga province to South Kivu province.

Lake Tanganyika is the longest freshwater lake in the world - and also borders Tanzania, Burundi and Zambia.