At least 32 people were killed in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after a bridge collapsed at the Kalando copper‑cobalt mine in Lualaba province, authorities say. The disaster struck on Saturday 15th November, when a makeshift bridge- used by miners to cross a flooded trench- gave way under the strain of overcrowding. According to Roy Kaumba Mayonde, the provincial interior minister, wildcat (illegal) miners forced their way into the mine despite an official ban on access due to he