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Hundreds dead as Congo River basin submerged by generational floods
Reuters via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Congo River has risen to its highest level in more than 60 years, causing flooding throughout...
At least 16 people killed when a boat caught fire in western Congo, as attacks rise in the east
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAt least 16 people were killed Monday when a boat caught fire on the Congo River, local officials said. The boat was carrying fuel and was on its way to the city of Mbandaka from the eastern ...
At least 28 people drown after boat capsizes on river in northwest Congo
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAt least 28 people drowned after a boat capsized in the Congo River in Equateur province, local authorities said Sunday. This is the second boat wreck on the Congo River in Equateur province ...
Death toll from Congo boat accident rises to 52
Reuters via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe bodies of at least 52 people have been recovered from the Congo River after their boat capsized late last week, a provincial minister said on Monday,...
Officials say 2 boats collide on Congo River but give conflicting accounts on deaths
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoKINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Two boats have collided on the Congo River in western Congo, local officials said, giving conflicting accounts on deaths. Alexis Mampa, chief of the Maluku municipality ...
Thousands homeless after DR Congo's worst floods in sixty years
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn a makeshift camp for people displaced by floods in Democratic Republic of Congo, father-of-three...
Crocodile hunting wanes but legends live on in DR Congo
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe fearsome slender-snouted crocodile can make torch lights explode just with its eyes -- so the...
At least 27 dead with dozens more missing after boat capsizes in northwest Congo
Associated Press via AOL· 7 months agoA boat capsized in Congo’s northwest killing at least 27 people, and more than 70 others were missing, a senior government official said Saturday as rescuers searched frantically for survivors ...
Aussie Man Killed, Dumped in Croc-Infested African River by Gay Lover
Out Traveler via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew details have emerged in the horrifying case of a gay Australian man missing in Africa since last October. Recently discovered video posted to social media by a local news site in the Republic ...
Scientists launch research effort at COP28 for Congo rainforest
Reuters via AOL· 5 months agoHundreds of scientists at the United Nations COP28 climate summit on Sunday launched a research...