Rubaya, DR Congo, Jan 31, 2026 (AFP) - Deadly landslide strikes militia-held mining site in DR Congo

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2026-01-31

A series of landslides struck a militia-held mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, burying people alive and killing several, the governor and witnesses told AFP on Friday. Since its resurgence in 2021, the M23 group has taken vast tracts of the DRC's resource-rich east, capturing the Rubaya mine in North Kivu province in April 2024 with Rwanda's help. Scavengers said part of a hillside in the Rubaya mining zone collapsed on Wednesday afternoo......

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