CONGO: A mine collapse on Tuesday at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo left at least 200 dead, according to Congolese authorities, a number disputed by the rebel group that controls the mine.

The collapse took place Tuesday at the Rubaya mines, which are controlled by the M23 militia, Congo’s Ministry of Mines said in a statement on Wednesday, the latest such accident in the country’s mineral-rich and militia-controlled territories.

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