Little remains of the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi which were buried by a thick wall of mud and rock on May 4.
Local Red Cross volunteers attempt to extract a corpse from the rubble of a house destroyed by a landslide.BUSHUSHU - Little remains of the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi, on the lush shores of Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which were buried by a thick wall of mud and rock on May 4.
Local residents, aided by Red Cross volunteers, have launched a search for the remains of the missing.According to lawyer Eric Dunia, not everyone shares those values, as it emerges that money and even coffins meant for victims of the disaster have gone missing.The lawyer, who is also a parliamentary assistant in Kinshasa, arrived on the scene five days after the disaster, accompanying a delegation of ministers and MPs who brought humanitarian aid and money.
Contacted by telephone, the public prosecutor's office in Kalehe declined to comment, stating only that"the investigation is ongoing".
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