DR Congo to beef up security at uranium mine for WWII era bombs

Illicit miners have been entering the Shinkolobwe mine, in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in search of cobalt and copper which fetch high prices, a local campaigner says.

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DR Congo to beef up security at uranium mine for WWII era bombs
By NewVision Reporter
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Authorities in DR Congo say they will beef up security against illegal mining at a pit that provided the uranium for the bombs dropped by the United States on Japanese

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