Lualaba: the provisional death toll of thirty-five confirmed at Mulondo quarry (provincial government)

Kolwezi, November 18^th, 2025 (CPA) – The provincial government of Lualaba in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed the provisional death toll of thirty-five artisanal miners who died last Saturday following a landslide at the Mulondo quarry in the Mutshatsha territory, CPA has learned on Tuesday from an official source.  » Regarding the Mulondo tragedy, the provisional death toll is thirty-five, with twenty-six bodies kept at the morgue of the Mwangeji General Reference Hospital, seven bodies kept at the Mupanja Hospital morgue, and two bodies already buried by their respective families, » has indicated Mr Jules Kabwit, Executive Secretary of the Lualaba Provincial Government. He has also specified that two survivors have been identified: Kabuya Nyembo aged thirty, who was shot in the left thigh and is currently being treated at the Mwangeji General Reference Hospital, and Gilbert Mwamba, aged eighteen, who was found in Kando and transferred to Kolwezi for appropriate medical care. He has informed that following this landslide, provincial teams supported by specialised services are continuing to identify all the victims and provide medical, social and psychological assistance to the survivors and their families. He has reiterated the provincial government’s deepest condolences to the bereaved families. However, Mr Kabwit did not specify whether the burial of the artisanal miners who died as a result of the landslide would be covered by the provincial government, as indicated by some officials in the provincial governorate. ‘Regarding the plane crash at Kolwezi airport on Monday, investigations have been launched to determine the exact causes of the crash,’ he has said.