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KINSHASA (dpa)
Up to 500 miners are believed to be trapped in eastern Congo following a series of landslides, police in the province of South Kivu said on Tuesday.
Ten bodies have been recovered since the collapse in a remote area on Sunday, a police spokesman said.
Volunteers are working to recover the remaining bodies and survivors, he said.
Information on the exact number of casualties is difficult to verify, as the affected miners did not work for a company but were working in the informal mining sector in the resource-rich area.
The hilly area was recently hit by heavy rains.
