Deaths came after miners rushed a makeshift bridge at the Kalando mine in southeastern Lualaba province, official says.
Deaths came after miners rushed a makeshift bridge at the Kalando mine in southeastern Lualaba province, official says.
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At least 32 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to officials, after a bridge at a copper and cobalt mine collapsed due to overcrowding.
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The structure fell after panicked miners reportedly fled from military gunfire.
This is the moment a landslide devastated a cobalt mine in the Lualaba Province of Democratic Republic of the Congo. Roy Kaumba…
The mine gave way after heavy rains on Wednesday, a local rebel spokesman says.
Rights groups have raised concerns over conditions at the mine, which supplies about 15 percent of the world's coltan.
Il cedimento è avvenuto in una zona inondata vicino alla miniera di cobalto. Le ricerche di ulteriori vittime proseguono
Congo’s Mines Ministry said about 70 children were among the victims.
