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.