ABOUT 50 people are feared dead after a gold mine collapsed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following torrential rain, local authorities said Saturday.
The accident in the makeshift mine occurred Friday in the town of Kamituga, in South Kivu province.
Provincial governor Theo Ngwabidje Kasi deplored “the tragic deaths of 50 people, most of them young.”
“Investigations must be carried out to find out the causes of this disaster,” said a representative of the civil society, Nicolas Kyalangalilwa.
“The authorities must take responsibility instead of taxing” these miners.(AFP)
