At least 31 people were killed in the collapse of a private gold mine in western Sudan, a mining official told Reuters on Tuesday.
"Thirty-one bodies were recovered after the collapse of a gold mine in En Nahud locality in West Kurdufan state. Only one person was rescued alive," said Khaled Dahweya, director of government-owned Sudanese Mineral Resources Company.
Reuters
Thirty-One killed in Sudanese gold mine collapse -official
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At least 31 people were killed in the collapse of a private gold mine in western Sudan, a mining official told Reuters on Tuesday.
"Thirty-one bodies were recovered after the collapse of a gold mine in En Nahud locality in West Kurdufan state. Only one person was rescued alive," said Khaled Dahweya, director of government-owned Sudanese Mineral Resources Company.
Reuters
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