Four dead, about 20 missing, after storms in eastern DRCongo

By: AFP
Published: 06:34 AM, 26 Dec, 2023
Four dead, about 20 missing, after storms in eastern DRCongo
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Storms in eastern DR Congo killed at least four people, with another 20 others missing, after a river in spate swept away a building, officials said.


The accident happened in the rural and mining territory of Mwenga, where local people had sheltered under a hangar serving as a makeshift restaurant on the banks of the river.


The rain triggered a landslide, causing the building to collapse, Alexandre Ngandu, the deputy mayor of Kamituga, a major town in th






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