After days of heavy rainfalls in Congo and Congo-Brazzaville dozens of people were reported dead and hundreds missing on Thursday, DPA reported. In the Congolese capital Kinshasa alone, at least 32 people were killed, the IRIN news service of the United Nations said. According to the Congolese Minister for Planning and Reconstruction, Jean-Claude Mwissa, some 800 people are considered missing, while 1,500 families were made homeless. Brazzaville also reported serious damage. According to the UN, houses and streets were destroyed, while no details were given on the number of victims. The Red Cross distributed some 3,500 malaria nets across Brazzaville. November is the rainy season in Central Africa, and further flooding is expected. Over the past weeks and months some 18 African nations, from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia at the Horn of Africa, have suffered from heavy rainfalls and flooding. More than 300 people have been killed in floods, while tens of thousands have been made homeless. Especially in Uganda in eastern Africa and Ghana in western Africa hundreds of thousands of flood victims will have to rely on aid for at least six months because the water has destroyed the crops.
