{"id":6235,"date":"2026-02-03T14:41:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/?p=6235"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:44:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:44:47","slug":"coltan-mine-collapse-kills-more-than-200-in-dr-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/coltan-mine-collapse-kills-more-than-200-in-dr-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Coltan Mine Collapse Kills More Than 200 in DR Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By Jude Atemanke, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aciafrica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACI Africa<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 200 people have been killed in a reported coltan mine collapse at Rubaya in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collapse occurred on Wednesday, January 28, Reuters reported about the incident that has once again drawn attention to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2022\/10\/ecological-disaster-religious-leaders-call-for-end-to-ghanas-illegal-mines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unsafe mining conditions<\/a> and the exploitation of DRC\u2019s vast natural resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The precise toll \u201cwas still unclear,\u201d Reuters added in its report in which Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, the spokesperson for the rebel-appointed Governor of the Congolese province where the mine is located, shared details of the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMore than 200 people were victims of this landslide, including miners, children and market women. Some people were rescued just in time and have serious injuries,\u201d Muyisa has been quoted as saying, and adding, \u201cAbout 20 injured people were being treated in health facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muyisa has also been quoted explaining, \u201cWe are in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c0lnl3n2yr4o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rainy season<\/a>. The ground is fragile. It was the ground that gave way while the victims were in the hole.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An adviser to the governor, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that the confirmed death toll had reached at least 227.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Reuters report further indicates that \u201cRubaya produces around 15% of the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/02\/silent-genocide-unfolding-in-the-congo-church-sources-warn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coltan<\/a>, which is processed into tantalum, a heat-resistant metal that is in high demand by makers of mobile phones, computers, aerospace components and gas turbines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe site, where locals dig manually for a few dollars per day, has been under the control of the AFC\/M23 rebel group since 2024,\u201d the report further says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tragedy comes amid renewed calls by the Local Ordinary of Kinshasa Catholic Archdiocese for resource management, and responsible governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with Vatican News on January 8, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/06\/drcs-cardinal-ambongo-appeals-to-trump-africa-is-important-to-the-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo<\/a> warned that Africa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/09\/dr-congos-bishops-denounce-tide-of-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">persistent instability<\/a> is closely linked to inequality and the exploitative management of natural resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cardinal Ambongo denounces exploitation and climate change<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardinal Ambongo, who also serves as President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), noted that Africa is often seen by external powers as a source of raw materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He recalled the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2023\/02\/pope-preaches-rousing-message-in-congo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pope Francis\u2019 denunciation<\/a> in Kinshasa, saying that Africa is viewed \u201cas a well where we can go and look for what they call today strategic minerals, for their industry, to allow them to dominate the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While insisting that resource extraction itself is not the problem, Cardinal Ambongo faulted the methods used. \u201cWe sometimes use certain Africans to access the minerals, our resources, but only for their own interest, not for the interest of the global population,\u201d he lamented, warning that \u201cas long as the system continues to function like this, we will always have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/11\/congo-terrorists-kill-civilians-at-church-run-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">war<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Congolese member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (OFM Cap) also linked environmental <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/07\/leo-xiv-prays-for-conversion-of-those-resisting-climate-action-at-new-mass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">degradation and climate change<\/a> to irresponsible mining and forestry practices, calling on local communities in Africa and global actors alike to embrace collective responsibility and to place human dignity, solidarity, and care for creation at the center of economic activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his address during an International Conference on Integral Ecology for the Survival and Well-being of Creation in the Catholic Archdiocese of Cotonou in Benin, Cardinal Ambongo highlighted Africa\u2019s vulnerability to climate change despite being one of the least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2022\/10\/congolese-cardinal-besungu-to-global-north-tackle-climate-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contributors to pollution<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is true that the major polluters, those responsible for all this pollution, which creates climate change, are large mining and forestry companies that come to destroy the environment. But as a people, we also have our share of responsibility,\u201d he said during the January 20 event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cardinal Ambongo said that he believes that it is essential to encourage the entire community to understand that \u201cwe are all brothers\u201d and that there is a need to create an environment where everyone has a place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Featured image: Goma Fleva\/DR Congo<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As deadly mining conditions are exposed, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo renews ongoing calls against exploitation of resources and workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":6236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_eb_data_table":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1053],"tags":[2180,2182,2181,2185,2184,2183,2186],"class_list":["post-6235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cardinal-fridolin-ambongo","tag-coltan-mine-collapse-at-rubaya","tag-democratic-republic-of-the-congo","tag-dr-congo","tag-jude-atemanke","tag-lumumba-kambere-muyisa","tag-unsafe-mining-conditions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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