Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo: More than 100 dead in landslide at gold mine
According to initial reports, more than 100 people have died in a landslide at an unofficial gold mine in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo. A police official confirmed that the accident occurred on Friday afternoon in the Mulondo Lwalaba mine near the town of Kolwezi in the province of Lualaba.
16.11.2025, 16:31
SDA
While there was initially talk of up to 70 buried workers, the number of bodies recovered had already risen to 101 by Saturday morning. Rescue work is ongoing. It is assumed that more people are still underground. As the head of the Global Refugees Leaders Forum organization in Kolwezi, Pecos Kilihoshi, told dpa, there are many internally displaced persons among the buried and recovered bodies.
Heavy rain causes the earth to slide
In view of the continuing insecurity in large parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the resource-rich region in the south is attracting numerous people who are seeking an income in the unregulated mines and often work under precarious conditions. Landslides occur time and again in the country's mining regions. These are often triggered by heavy rainfall and facilitated by unstable, unregulated mines. As recently as June, more than 200 people died in a landslide in the Rubaya region.
