500 Miners Buried By Landslides In Eastern Congo(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in the province of South Kivu on Tuesday said that up to 500 miners are believed to be trapped in eastern Congo following a series of landslides. A police spokesman said that ten bodies have been recovered since the collapse in a remote area on Sunday. He said volunteers are working to recover the remaining bodies and survivors. Numerous internally displaced people who had fled the ongoing fighting between government troops and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo were also said to be among those buried. The police spokesman said landslides were also reported in villages in the region.