Saturday, October 5, 2024

Congo River

February 16, 2024

Thousands homeless after DR Congo’s worst floods in 60 years

Torrential rains swelled the Congo River to its highest level in over 60 years in late December and forced around 500,000 people to flee the rising waters.

flooding used to illustrate the story
May 5, 2022

New Ebola case confirmed in DR Congo

The current outbreak is the sixth since 2018, the most frequent in the country’s Ebola history. Previous outbreaks in Equateur Province were in 2020 and 2018

October 8, 2021

Over 50 people die after boat capsizes on Congo River

Authorities said 75 passengers were still missing in a boat survivors said had a total of 400 people.