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Miners at Kanfuma mine in Tshikapa district of Kasai province of the Democratic Republic of Congo on March 23, 2025. [AFP]
A bridge collapsed at a cobalt mine in southeast Democratic Republic of Congo killing at least 32 wildcat miners, a regional government official said Sunday.
The bridge came down Saturday onto a flooded zone at the mine in Lualaba province, Roy Kaumba Mayonde, the provincial interior minister, told reporters. He said 32 bodies had been recovered and more were being searched for.
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