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Posted: 2025-05-13 15:20:33 UTC
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Recent flooding in eastern DR Congo has resulted in the deaths of 119 people, mostly children and the elderly, exacerbating the region's suffering from decades of conflict and climate injustice.
Devastating loss of life, particularly among vulnerable populations
Destruction of homes and infrastructure
Exacerbation of existing humanitarian crisis due to conflict and displacement
Climate injustice disproportionately affecting low-emission countries
Threat to DRC's rainforests and peatlands due to resource exploitation
Rescue operations hampered by destruction of telephone lines
Decades of foreign-backed resource war and internal displacement
Escalated violence from the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group
Environmental degradation threatening carbon sinks