Pink coffins mark growing death toll of Congo gold mine collapse
CRISPIN KYALA PINK painted coffins lined a hillside in eastern Congo as rescuers filled them with the bodies of victims of a gold mine cave-in, in which 50 people are feared dead. Alexandre Ngandu Kamundala, deputy mayor of Kamituga, one of Democratic Republic of Congo's oldest gold-mining communities close to where the unofficial mine collapsed on Friday, said that 19 bodies have so far been found. "All the inhabitants have stayed at home ... to pay tribute to the victims," Kamundala said, as an outpouring of grief continued, with shops and markets in Kamituga closed. Dozens die each year in…
