The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. August 21, 2017 200 People Die in Mudslide in Democratic Republic of the Congo -------------------------------------------------------------- In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, more than 200 people have been killed by a massive mudslide triggered by heavy rainfall. Most of the victims are from a small fishing village in the Congo's northeast. .