GUM, 6 May. (DPA/EP) –
At least 182 people have already died from the floods in recent days in the Congolese region of South Kivu, in the northeast of the country, as confirmed by local authorities amid fears that the death toll will increase even more in the next few hours. .
The new balance has been provided by the governor of the province Théo Ngwabidje, but civil society sources have raised the death toll to 227, according to a local spokesman, Kasole Martin, to the Al Jazeera chain.
The president of the country. Felix Tshisekedi. has announced national mourning for next Monday and the imminent trip of a group of ministers to coordinate humanitarian aid has been made known by the government spokesman, Patrick Muyaya.
The floods and the consequent landslides have devastated in particular the state of South Kivu, right now the scene of a new rainy season that will continue throughout most of this month.
Neighboring countries such as Rwanda and Uganda have also suffered heavy flooding that has left at least 127 and six dead, respectively.
