Extreme Congo floods leave 350,000 needing aid: UN
Brazzaville (AFP) Jan 19, 2024
The worst floods in six decades have left more than 350,000 people in need of urgent aid in the Republic of Congo where many villages can be reached only by boat, the UN said Friday. Extreme rainfall since October has led the banks around the Ubangi River - a tributary to the Congo river - to burst, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. "Th