It is estimated that Kinshasa’s inhabitant, known as “Kinois,” produce around 9,000 tons of garbage daily, including 1,500 tons of plastic waste which clogs rivers, contributing to flooding.

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KINSHASA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Twenty-six people died on Wednesday after lightning struck a high-tension power cable on the outskirts of the Congolese capital Kinshasa, causing it to snap and fall on ...

KINSHASA, Congo — The death toll from flooding that cut access to over half of the Congolese capital of Kinshasa reached 33 as authorities raced Monday to evacuate and support hundreds of ...

He wears it at the Bon Marché district of Kinshasa, a popular nightlife neighborhood — and hopes that it draws attention to "the inconsistent use of condoms in the DRC," says Delfosse.

Rioters stormed embassies and started fires in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, drawing tear gas from police, in an eruption of protests over a Rwandan-backed rebel offensive in ...

The virus was a strain of HIV, and the city—then called Léopoldville and, now, Kinshasa—gave it the perfect soup of conditions to ignite the AIDS epidemic. Since then, HIV has infected nearly ...

Kinshasa drowns under a sea of plastic waste. Since the beginning of the rainy season, plastic waste has been piling up in the Congolese capital, causing severe flooding and land subsidence.

Yaa-Lengi Ngemi is the president of the Congo Coalition, which is based in New York. November 29, 2012 The outside world must come to grips with the fact that Rwandan President Paul Kagame ...

The dance floor ebbs and flows, but right now it is packed, the fabulously dressed crowd coupled up and dancing a myriad of variations on the sensual style for which Kinshasa is famed. A fighter by ...