Justice Department attorneys argued that a Supreme Court ruling last week supported their position in two other federal cases challenging halted grant funding.

Rather than deal with recovery risk themselves, insurers sell "subrogation claims" to alternative investment managers.

The U.S. canceled plans to contribute $1 billion in loans and $48 million in grants to the Just Energy Transition Partnership.

Heavy rains began last week, causing the key Ndjili River to overflow and submerge hundreds of buildings.

The project's largest site is home to critically endangered and endemic mammals, birds and turtles and to several Indigenous groups.