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By Ange Kasongo and Benoit Nyemba. KINSHASA (Reuters) - The Congo River has risen to its highest level in more than 60 years, causing flooding throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and ...
Many roads in Kinshasa's city center were submerged as heavy rains continued for hours and many homes collapsed. [3] At least 169 people were killed by flooding. [4] Many of the deaths were caused by landslides caused by heavy rains. [3] At least 280 homes had collapsed and over 38,000 others were affected by flooding. [2]
An overloaded barge sank at around 20:00 local time near the village of Longola Ekoti in the province of Mai-Ndombe. [3] The boat was travelling 700 km along the Congo River, from Kinshasa to Mbandaka City, and over 700 people were on board.
The 2019–2020 Congo River floods resulted from torrential rains from October 2019 to January 2020 that caused the overflow of the Congo and Ubangi rivers, floods and landslides throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Republic of Congo (RoC) and led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people. [1]
GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. refugee agency voiced concern at the "rapidly deteriorating" situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, saying the war had left around 350,000 ...
4 February – A humanitarian ceasefire is declared by the antigovernment Congo River Alliance, which includes M23. [10] 5 February – M23 seizes the city of Nyabibwe in South Kivu despite declaring a ceasefire. [11] 10 February – At least 55 people are killed in an attack by CODECO militants in the Djaiba area of Ituri. [12]
The M23 rebels have made lightning advances this month in Democratic Republic of Congo's mineral-rich, conflict-riven eastern borderlands and launched an assault on Goma, the capital of North Kivu ...
This is approximately 225 kilometres (140 mi), southwest of Kinshasa, the capital and largest city of the DR Congo. [4] This is the site of the Inga Falls and is the location of the 351 MW Inga 1 Hydropower Station and the 1,424 MW Inga 2 Hydropower Station , approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) upstream of Matadi , the country's largest port.