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India Today found that this video shows a March 2023 incident when nine miners were rescued after a gold mine collapsed in Congo following heavy rains.
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India Today Fact Check
This video dates back to March 2023 when nine people were rescued after a gold mine collapsed following heavy rains in Congo.
Thousands of people fled Goma, a major city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured it. Reportedly, 13 soldiers working with peacekeeping forces were killed in clashes with the rebels. Meanwhile, a video showing people being rescued from a mine has gone viral. Allegedly, these miners were trapped after M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo dropped an explosive inside a gold mine.
An X user shared this video and wrote, “BREAKING NEWS; Rescue underway in Gold mine Goma Eastern DRC Congo after M23 of Rwanda supported by Kagame dropped explosives inside.” Its archive can be seen here.
India Today found that the video shows a March 2023 incident when nine miners were rescued after a gold mine collapsed in Congo following heavy rains.
Our Probe
Many people responding to the viral post pointed out the video was old. We then reverse-searched the video’s keyframes, which led us to a March 28, 2023 video report by ABC News. It noted the video shows nine Congolese miners being rescued from a collapsed gold mine.
As per a Reuters report from the same date, this incident happened in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province following heavy rainfall. In March 2023, many international news outlets reported on this incident.
What is happening in Congo?
The mineral-rich eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been an area of conflict for more than 30 years, since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Located by the Rwandan border, Goma is an important trading and transport hub. It is within the reach of mining towns supplying gold, tin and coltan, a key component in mobile phones and batteries for electric vehicles.
The rebel group currently involved in conflict with the army in Congo is the M23 or the March 23 Movement. It is one of the more than 100 armed groups fighting Congo forces in DRC. It is present in North Kivu province in areas bordering Rwanda and Uganda and has more than 8,000 fighters, according to the United Nations.
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