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At least 32 people are dead after a bridge at a copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo collapsed due to overcrowding

A bridge at the Kalando mine, located in the southeastern province of Lualaba, fell on Nov. 15 as miners tried to make their way across

One official said that the bridge was a makeshift structure created to help miners get across a flooded trench

At least 32 people are dead after a bridge at a copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo collapsed due to overcrowding.

According to reports from the Associated Press , AFP and Al Jazeera , a bridge at the Kalando mine, located in the southeastern province of Lualaba, fell on Saturday, Nov. 15.

Roy Kaumba Mayonde, the province’s interior minister, said during a p

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