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GOMA (Reuters) - At least 50 people were killed when a train derailed in Congo's southeastern province of Tanganyika in the early hours of Thursday, the minister of humanitarian affairs said.
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Minister Steve Mbikayi said the accident happened around three in the morning local time in the town of Mayibaridi and the death toll was provisional.
"Speaking for the government, I present my condolences to the families affected," he said on Twitter.
(Reporting by Fiston Mahamba; Writing by Anna Pujol-Mazzini; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
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