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

Four dead, about 20 missing, after storms in eastern DRCongo
by AFP Staff Writers
Bukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Dec 25, 2023

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 the eastern South Kivu region, told AFP.

"The river carried everything away... The toll is 20 missing and four bodies recovered."

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