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Search and rescue operations are ongoing in the Democratic Republic of Congo to find survivors of an accident in which 36 miners are reported to have died in a copper mine in the southeast of the country.
Search and rescue operations are ongoing in the Democratic Republic of Congo to find survivors of an accident in which 36 miners are reported to have died in a copper mine in the southeast of the country.
Authorities say the victims were illegal miners who were operating in a mine owned by British-Swiss mining giant Glencore.
Chris Ocamringa has more from Kinshasa.
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