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14 killed after hill collapses on mine in Rwanda

Rwanda’s hilly landscape has sometime led to landslides and mine collapses. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA | NMG

By  Ivan R. Mugisha

At least 14 people, among them seven women, were killed when a hill collapsed on a mine in eastern Rwamagana district in Rwanda, a local official said.

Confirming the Monday morning incident, a local administration official Jean Claude Rwagasana told The EastAfrican that there were no survivors.

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