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Flooding In South Sudan Displaces Over 6000 People
UN reports that about 623,000 people have been forced to leave their homes by widespread flooding in South Sudan since May. According to the report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), rivers broke their banks following heavy rains, filling houses and farms in eight of the country’s 10 states.…
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Heavy Rains Displace Over 1,500 Families In DR Congo
Heavy rains causing floods have washed away over 1500 houses in the Goma region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Authorities in the area linked the recent eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in the area to have promoted the flooding given that vegetation was wiped out. “It was raining and we were in our houses preparing…