At least 21 killed, several missing in eastern DR Congo landslide | News

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Bodies of eight women, 13 children discovered after the landslide hit a river in the locality of Bolowa on Sunday.

At least 21 people have died and several others are missing a day after a landslide in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The bodies of eight women and 13 children were discovered after the landslide hit a river in the locality of Bolowa on Sunday as people were washing clothes and cleaning kitchenware, said Voltaire Batundi, a civil society leader in the wider Masisi territory.

One person survived and has been taken to a health centre, he added.

“We think that maybe…



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