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DR Congo Gold Mine Landslide Kills Over 100 as Search Continues

The informal Mulondo Lwalaba site, destabilized by heavy rains, employs many displaced workers.

Overview

  • Authorities report 101 bodies recovered by Saturday morning, with additional people feared trapped underground.
  • The collapse struck Friday afternoon at the Mulondo Lwalaba mine near Kolwezi in Lualaba province.
  • A local police officer confirmed the incident and location, according to dpa reporting.
  • Local NGO leader Pecos Kilihoshi says many of the dead and missing are internally displaced people.
  • Heavy rains frequently trigger deadly collapses at unregulated mines in southern DRC, including a June slide in Rubaya that killed more than 200.