More than 200 killed in Congo’s Rubaya coltan mine
Laborers work at the M23-controlled Rubaya coltan mine in Rubaya, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, May 7, 2025. More than 200 people died in a landslide triggered by heavy rains at the mine on March 3, 2026.
More than 200 people died on Tuesday in a landslide triggered by heavy rains at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's mines ministry said on Wednesday.
A senior official from the AFC/M23 rebel group, which controls the mine, told Reuters earlier that only five or six died in the accident.
