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50 killed in train derailment in southeast DR Congo

LUBUMBASHI, DR Congo, Sept 12, 2019 (BSS/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.

BSS/AFP/ARS/1724 hrs