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Dozens Die in Floods Hitting Congo’s Capital
While the Democratic Republic of Congo reels from a new rebel offensive in the east, its capital in the west, Kinshasa, ...
At Least 33 Dead After Torrential Rain and Flooding Hit Congolese Capital, President Says Country 'Will Not Abandon’ Residents
Dozens of people are dead and over half of the city's 26 districts were affected by flooding after torrential rains struck Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, causing a nearby ...
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Flooding death toll in Congo's capital reaches 33 as officials race to help victims
Heavy rains began last week, causing the key Ndjili River to overflow on Friday and submerge hundreds of buildings. Many ...
Africanews on MSN6d
Dozens dead, homes destroyed in flooding in the DR Congo capital
More than 30 people have died in flooding in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after torrential ...
London Free Press16d
Dyer: Tail still wags the dog in DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo or DRC), so-called to distinguish it from a much smaller country on the other side of the river that also calls itself Congo, is the largest country in ...
Popular Mechanics18d
‘Dinosaur’ Sightings Are on the Rise in the Congo. Could This Legendary Monster Really Exist?
It wades through the swamps and rivers of the Congo Basin in Central Africa ... of world history at Bristol Community College in Fall River, Massachusetts, wrote in 2019 for Contingent, a ...
BBC20d
DR Congo conflict tests China's diplomatic balancing act
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have taken control of two major cities in eastern DR Congo in the past two months China's efforts to build up huge business interests across Africa have been accompanied ...
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Congo rebel leader says sanctions or minerals deal with the US won’t stop fighting in the east
leader of the Congo River Alliance that includes the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group. Nangaa dismissed Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi’s comments last week that his country — whose mineral ...
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Congo rebel leader says sanctions, any minerals deal with the US won’t stop fighting in the east
leader of the Congo River Alliance that includes the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group. Nangaa dismissed Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi’s comments last week that his country — whose mineral ...