At least 50 killed in Congo train crash -sources


  • World
  • Wednesday, 23 Apr 2014

KINSHASA (Reuters) - More than 50 people were killed in a train crash in Democratic Republic of Congo's Katanga province, a provincial minister said on Wednesday.

The accident on Tuesday involved a goods train that was also carrying people near Likasi, a mining town between Lubumbashi and Kolwezi in the copper and cobalt-rich southeast.

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