A mother watched in despair as an excavator demolished her Kinshasa home, part of a campaign to clamp down on unauthorised buildings after deadly floods. Flash flooding in the overcrowded ...

Once they arrive in Kinshasa, the authorities will take responsibility for them. The operation will take place over several days. “Wherever the ICRC operates in the world, we facilitate dialogue ...

In a proposal to cease hostilities in the country’s east, which worsened this year following the capture of strategic cities by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, Kinshasa has offered the US ...

The study attributes the April floods to a domino effect of “unusually heavy rains” in March that raised levels of the N’Djili River and its tributaries running through Kinshasa. On April 5 ...

On 23 April, delegations from Kinshasa and rebel group M23’s political affiliate, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), declared their intent to work towards a ceasefire and continue discussions on the root ...

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 ...

Trump and VP Vance pause near Oval Office after honoring 2025 College Football champs Ohio State at White House. Pope Francis dies aged 88 after double pneumonia battle How did the Ingenuity ...

Residents of Congo’s capital Kinshasa reacted to comments made by US President Donald Trump about foreign migrants last week. The American president said 'many, many people' were coming to the US from ...

He is affiliated with the Regional School of Water (ERE) and the Congo Basin Water Research Center (CRREBaC) of the University of Kinshasa, as well as the Regional Center for Nuclear Studies of ...

The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn't just about intense rainfall. It was a symptom of recent land use change which has occurred ...

Heavy rains in Kinshasa caused the Ndjili River to overflow, killing 33 people and displacing hundreds as floodwaters damaged homes and key infrastructure. Severe flooding in Kinshasa has left at ...