DR Congo: Mudslide Death Toll To Rise To 200

The death toll from Wednesday's landslide in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is expected to rise above 200, officials say. Most of the dead are from a fishing community on Lake Albert. Officials say the figure is based on the number of households buried after heavy rains caused parts of a nearby mountain to collapse. Hopes of finding survivors has faded as rescuers do not have the means to move the large rocks. "There are many people submerged whom we were unable to save," Pacifique Keta, the vice gov...

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