Quarry landslide kills one person in Mukobya, Maniema
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Potentiel
A landslide at an old quarry in Mukobya, in Pangi territory, Maniema, has killed one person, according to Raymond Musiwa, a resident interviewed by Le Potentiel. He attributed the accident to heavy rain overnight from Friday to Saturday and urged the authorities to assess the safety of activities at artisanal quarries.
A landslide at an old quarry has killed one person in Mukobya, in Pangi territory, Maniema, Le Potentiel reports, citing Raymond Musiwa, a local resident reached by phone. According to this witness, heavy rain that fell overnight from Friday to Saturday may have caused the accident.
Raymond Musiwa deplored the lack of supervision for miners at extraction sites in the region and said the rainfall exposes them to risks. He called on the authorities to send a team to the site to establish the facts and examine working conditions at the quarry.
