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Sunday, November 29, 1998 Published at 11:25 GMT


World: Africa

Congo-Brazzaville floods


The government of Congo-Brazzaville has appealed for urgent international aid following flooding in the north of the country.

The Health Minister, Mamaddou Camara Dekamo, said more than twenty-thousand people had been left homeless in the remote Likouala region, which is accessible only by boat.

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