Sixteen dead in DR Congo landslips

Bukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Nov 22, 2022

Sixteen people in a mining town in eastern DR Congo have died in landslips triggered by torrential rain, local officials said Tuesday. The accident happened overnight Monday in Kamituga in South Kivu province, the acting mayor there, Alexandre Ngandu, told AFP. "The toll is 16 dead... men, women and children," he said by phone. Tristan Mukamba Mwanga, head of an NGO called the New Ci