Khaliah Ali, a daughter of the boxer Muhammad Ali, arrived Monday in the Democratic Republic of Congo on a humanitarian visit and to mark her father's 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" with George Foreman.

The former top model, 35, will visit centres for war orphans and schools for women in southern Katanga province, particularly those which help them become self-reliant and independent, the local UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) office told AFP.

Ali, accompanied by Congolese-born model Noella Coursaris Musunka, will also lay the foundation stone of the Georges Malaika School, being built by a foundation created by Coursaris to help women and children in provincial capital Lubumbashi.

- This trip gives me an opportunity to get involved in aid programmes - in the DR Congo, Khaliah Ali said, according to a UNICEF statement.

On October 30 she will visit the Kinshasa stadium where on the same date in 1974 her father knocked out George Foreman in a clash of titans known as the "Rumble in the Jungle", watched by 60,000 people in the stadium and millions worldwide.

Ali won the world heavyweight title several times in a 61-fight career, winning 56 bouts, with five defeats. He has been suffering from Parkinson's disease for many years.