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08 May, 2023

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A day of national mourning is being held in the Democratic Republic of Congo where more than 400 bodies have been recovered following floods and landslides in the east of the country.

Many people are still missing and are feared to be under mud that covered two villages in Kalehe district. Some bodies were found in nearby Lake Kivu.

A government delegation from the capital Kinshasa has been sent to the area - four days after the floods and landslides hit.

The Congolese doctor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege has criticized the fact that the victims were buried in mass graves. He has called for more dignified burials.