60 Killed In Sudan Gold Mine Collapse, Several Missing
At least 60 miners were killed in a gold mine collapse in southern Sudan, with many others still missing under the rubble. The incident underscores the dangers of unregulated artisanal mining, which has become a primary source of income amid the country's ongoing civil war.
Why it matters
The tragedy illustrates the human cost of the economic desperation caused by the Sudanese conflict, where gold mining is a vital but hazardous survival strategy.
A gold mine collapsed in southern Sudan, killing at least 60 small-scale miners, two survivors told AFP on Wednesday, while many more are missing and feared dead under the rubble.Shafts began collapsing in the Al-Zaraa mine near the town of El-Nahud in West Kordofan on Tuesday, and by the following morning 60 bodies had been retrieved."We don't know how many more are still inside," one of the survivors, Khair al-Sayyed Jabara, told AFP after an all-night rescue operation with fellow miners, using the same rudimentary tools they use to mine."Everyone's working very hard to retrieve the bodies or any survivors, but it's difficult.
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