According to local sources, which was referred to by the UN Congress Radio OKAPI, a series of successive landslides covered at least a dozen makeshift mining shafts, in which there were several dozen illegally looking for golden miners. Witnesses believe that the number of fatalities will be much higher, because many miners are still considered missing.
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Although the exact circumstances of this landslide have not yet been established, they are often caused by heavy rains and hazardous miners' practices. And in the eastern part of the country it has been intensively for the past few weeks.
Miners copy vertical windows, without any terraces and protection. Their depth often exceeds 50 meters.
Until recently, Lomera was a quiet village, whose existence was known by few residents of South Kiw. The situation changed in December last year, when gold was discovered in its mountains. Within a few days, a gold fever broke out, which brought thousands of people looking for a job. In half a year, the population increased from 1.5 thousand. up to over 12 thousand And it is still growing. Lomera is currently a swelling of chaotically dug mining shafts and makeshift huts.
The newcomers brought with them not only gold rinsing equipment, but also the hell, which found excellent development conditions in the mess of the camp. – Everything that is necessary for the cholera epidemic is on site. Fatal hygiene conditions, several dozen people live in tiny, primitive huts. Almost nobody has access to clean water, in addition, the side of the muddy roads serve for toilets. And vaccines have not yet arrived here – Solene Neulat from organizations said PAP. Doctors without borders (MSF).
Until the beginning of July, in DRK 33,864 people fell ill with cholera, and 757 people died because of it, according to IFRS data.
