Rwanda: City of Kigali Sounds Warning As Heavy Rains Kill Mother, Two Kids in High-Risk Zone

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A mother and two children died on Wednesday night, September 20, when heavy rain destroyed their home in a high-risk zone of the City of Kigali.

The area on Kanyinya hill, in Ruhango Cell, Gisozi Sector, Gasabo District, is among the many earlier identified high-risk zones where authorities previously requested residents to relocate from. In August, the City of Kigali yet again ordered all dwellers in identified high-risk zones to relocate ahead of the rainy season that starts in September."Yesterday [Wednesday] night we visited the area where the rain caused havoc.

In May 2023, the City of Kigali announced that 5,812 households had to urgently relocate from high-risk zones after

 

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