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'At least 200' feared dead in DR Congo landslide: govt

A general view of the mine pits and the town in Rubaya on March 5, 2025. [AFP]

The Democratic Republic of Congo's government said on Sunday it feared "at least 200 dead" in a "massive" landslide that struck a militia-held mine in the country's east.

 Since its resurgence in 2021, the M23 armed group has seized vast tracts of the DRC's resource-rich east, capturing the Rubaya mine in North Kivu province in April 2024 with Rwanda's help.

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