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A gold mine collapse has killed at least 67 people in a remote area in Sudan
Search and rescue continues as local miners use rudimentary tools, and officials said the death toll could rise above 67.
- On Tuesday, a gold mine at Al-Zaraa near El-Nahud in West Kordofan, Sudan, collapsed, killing at least 60 people.
- The collapse reportedly began after two shafts dug close together gave way, a structural failure common at makeshift wells in Sudan lacking safety procedures.
- Survivor Khair al-Sayyed Jabara participated in the all-night rescue using rudimentary tools. "We need heavy machinery to clear the rock and soil," Sayyed Jabara told AFP.
- Many miners remain missing and feared dead under the rubble, with survivors unable to confirm how many are still trapped due to absent rescue equipment at the site.
- Sudan is one of Africa's largest gold producers, with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces controlling West Kordofan and relying heavily on mining revenue amid the ongoing civil conflict.
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At least 82 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a gold mine collapsed in southern Sudan, with scores more still missing and feared buried under sand and rubble, a local administrator told AFP on Wednesday.
·Vilnius, Lithuania
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At least 67 people have died in an accident at the al-Zara gold mine near the town of Nuhud in western Sudan. The accident occurred in the West Kordofan region, an area controlled by the Sudanese Revolutionary Guards Force (RSF), which has been fighting the Sudanese army since 2023. According to survivors, the mine collapsed late last night, […] The post Gold mine collapses in Sudan, killing 67 people first appeared on Nova24TV.
·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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