2024 Bangui river disaster

On 19 April 2024, a riverboat carrying around 300 people en route to a funeral capsized in the Mpoko River, Bangui, Central African Republic.

Central African
Faustin-Archange Touadéra announced three days of national mourning throughout the entire territory, from April 22 to the 25. During the three-days mourning, the flag was flown at half-mast.