50 killed in train derailment in southeast DR Congo

Lubumbashi (DR Congo), Sep 12 (AFP) Fifty people were killed early Thursday when a train derailed in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the minister for humanitarian action, Steve Mbikayi, said in a tweet.

"Another disaster! Derailing at 3am in Tanganyika (province) near Mayibaridi. Provisional toll: 50 dead and several injured," he wrote. (AFP) PMS

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