Scorched Earth: The Congo's Unyielding Legacy of Tragedy The smoke may have cleared from the streets of Bukavu, but questions linger about how death can strike with such ferocity and frequency in a city teeming with life.
The latest tragedy – a school fire that claimed at least 24 children's lives – is only the most recent chapter in the Democratic Republic of Congo's unrelenting narrative of loss.
This incident is not isolated; on the same day, a similar stampede occurred at a wedding banquet hall in Kinshasa, where residents perished in chaos.