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DRC’s Kinshasa could see deadly rain and floods every 2 years: Study
Mongabay
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April 23, 2025
In early April, extreme rainfall and flooding in and around Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killed at least 33 people. Such catastrophic rainfall events are predicted to hit Kinshasa every two years in today’s...
At least 62 dead, 50 missing after floods devastate villages in eastern DR Congo
Saudi Gazette
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May 11, 2025
BUKAVU, Congo — At least 62 people have been confirmed dead and 50 remain missing after severe flooding swept through villages along Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern South Kivu province, officials said Saturday. The...
At least 104 dead in floods in eastern DRC
Sene News
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May 10, 2025
At least 104 people have died in floods in a village near the shores of Lake Tanganyika in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an administrative official told AFP on Saturday, May 10. People walk through the flooded streets of Kinshasa,...
Africa accelerates towards energy and economic sovereignty with DRC mining growth {Business Africa}
Africanews
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May 8, 2025
DRC’s Mining Sector Enters a New Phase of Growth The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), already home to some of the world’s largest reserves of cobalt and copper, is entering a dynamic new phase. Recent geological surveys have unveiled new...
DRC Establishes Geological Research Zones to Boost Transparency and Revive Exploration
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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April 13, 2025
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has adopted a long-awaited decree to establish and regulate Geological Research Zones (ZRG), marking a major step in reforming its mining sector. The decision was made during the 38th ordinary session of the...
Climate Action: Life-size Animal Puppets to Stride Lagos Streets
This Day
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April 15, 2025
Bennett Oghifo As climate change conversations intensify, waves of initiatives and programmes designed to inspire appropriate actions to curtail the causes and effects of this phenomenon are sweeping across the globe. THE HERDS, a particularly...
African Modernism: A Forgotten Legacy Finds New Life
Africa.com
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July 6, 2025
African Modernism emerged in the mid-20th century as a bold architectural movement symbolizing post-independence identity across the continent. Melding modernist principles with local traditions, it reflected the ambitions of leaders like Ghana’s...
From Africa to the Arctic Circle, this public artwork is stampeding into cities with a cry for climate action
The Art Newspaper
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May 14, 2025
A hugely ambitious mobile public artwork is currently traveling through Africa on its way to Europe and then up to the Arctic Circle in a call for action and a cry for change. On a scale appropriate to the climate and environmental crisis that it...
Qatar hosts new round of Congo peace talks as war rages on
The Citizen
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The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have restarted peace talks in Qatar, sources said on Tuesday, part of a diplomatic effort to end fighting in Congo's war-ravaged east. The two sides last met in Doha in April to...
DRC Launches National Digital ID System in Major Tech Transformation Push
Find Biometrics
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April 8, 2025
Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd has announced major progress in its partnership with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to implement a nationwide digital identity system, marking a critical milestone in the country’s digital transformation...
Kinshasa floods: deadly rainfall leaves city cut off, airport access severely affected
Aviation24.be
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April 7, 2025
A resident carries a woman as others wade through floodwaters in the Ndjili district of Kinshasa on April 6, 2025. Heavy downpours in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa have left around 30 people dead while wrecking havoc in the...
Conflict, extreme weather worsening hunger in West and Central Africa, WFP warns
KFGO - North Dakota
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May 9, 2025
DAKAR (Reuters) – Some 52 million people in West and Central Africa will struggle to meet their basic food and nutrition needs in the upcoming lean season, driven by conflict, extreme weather and economic deterioration, the World Food Programme...
Climate change fund: $319mn available for Loss and Damage
Hindustan Times
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April 10, 2025
New Delhi: A road map for the start-up phase of the fund for responding to Loss and Damage was put up for agreement by the Board of the Fund which includes representation from developed and developing country parties on Thursday at its 5th board...
Congo, now ready to do business with Trump, sacks American PR firm
Zawya
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The Congolese government has terminated a $5 million lobbying contract with an American public relations firm, opting for direct talks with the Donald Trump administration. Kinshasa announced this week the suspension of all efforts aimed at...
More than 100 dead after flooding in eastern DR Congo, officials say
Al Jazeera
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The victims were mostly children and elderly people, with an additional 28 injured. Heavy overnight floods have washed away several villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing more than 100 people, according to local officials, in a...
Engines of chaos: inside the mines fuelling Congo’s brutal war
The Times
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Across the jagged scar of the hillside, white against the lush green, tiny figures scurry like worker ants, hauling, washing and bagging precious minerals pulled from the earth. Men and boys, their faces caked in white manganese, navigate paths...
Lessons from DRC private partnership at state-owned ports
IOL
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May 8, 2025
By Hans-Ole Madsen The ability of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) to successfully meet its R12 billion tender commitment to the Durban port has been underscored by its recently announced financial results for the quarter...
Indonesia’s capital struggles to breathe amid worsening air pollution
VietnamPlus
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May 12, 2025
Jakarta (VNA) – Air quality in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta was recorded at an alarming level on May 11, ranking fourth among the most polluted cities in the world with pollution level fell into the “unhealthy” category. Indonesia’s ANTARA News...
Kinshasa Floods: DR Congo Women Group Calls for Support for Affected Victims
HumAngle
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April 10, 2025
The DR Congo Network of Women Leaders for Access to Speech, popularly known by the French acronym RFLAF, has issued a heartfelt call for support for the victims of recent floods in Kinshasa. The women’s group, composed of concerned citizens and...
Congo commutes death sentences of 3 Americans convicted in failed coup
CBS News
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The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has commuted the death sentences of three Americans convicted on charges of participating in a botched coup attempt in the country's capital Kinshasa last year, an official said...