WORLD NEWS | At least 20 killed in landslides in eastern Congo

GOMA, April 3 (AP) At least 20 people have been killed in a landslide in eastern Congo, the government said Monday.

The landslide occurred in the village of Bolowa in the Masisi region on Sunday. AS Colonel Guillaume Ndjike Kaiko announced in a statement.

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“As a result of this unfortunate incident, 20 of our fellow citizens lost their lives and others are still missing and missing,” he said.

Alphonse Mushesha Mihingano, a local administrator, told The Associated Press that about 25 mothers and children were washing clothes in a creek at the foot of the mountain when the landslide occurred, and some of them were buried.

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Eastern Congo has been devastated by violence as more than 120 armed groups vie for power, land and natural resources, while some fight to protect their own communities. Landslides in this town don’t happen very often, but they do happen from time to time elsewhere in the area.

About 100 people died in a landslide in Bihambwe village in the Masisi region last September. (Associated Press)

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