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Strong quake in Africa kills at least 40 |
2008-02-04 |
KIGALI - A strong earthquake shook the African Great Lakes region on Sunday, killing at least 34 people in Rwanda and six in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to officials and hospital sources. ‘According to the figures I have at the moment, 34 people are dead,’ said Rwandan local government minister Protais Musoni on Sunday afternoon.
The quake struck at 0735 GMT some 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the DR Congo town of Bukavu. |
Posted by:Steve White |