KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | The death toll has risen to 49 after a makeshift bridge collapsed at a mining site in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local sources told Xinhua on Monday. Earlier, Lualaba Province Interior Minister Roy Kaumba Mayonde confirmed on Sunday that the incident occurred …
Read More »32 killed in DRC mine after bridge collapse
KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | At least 32 people were killed at a copper mine after a bridge collapsed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, local authorities said Sunday. A total of 32 bodies have been recovered so far after the collapse at the Kalando mine in southern Lualaba …
Read More »Police: 5 Tanzanian miners killed after gold mine collapse
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania | Xinhua | At least five artisanal miners were killed and four others injured after a gold mine collapsed in the Morogoro region of eastern Tanzania, police said Friday. The gold mine, named Alcaeda, collapsed on Wednesday at 4 p.m. local time (1300 GMT) following torrential …
Read More »At least 30 killed in Afghan gold mine collapse: officials
Kunduz, Afghanistan | AFP | At least 30 people were killed when a gold mine collapsed in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said, in the latest tragedy to strike the war-torn country. Another seven were injured in the incident in Kohistan district of Badakhshan province, district governor Mohammad Rustam Raghi …
Read More »S.Africa’s Ramaphosa wants Marikana massacre ‘atonement’ role
Cape Town, South Africa | AFP | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Tuesday he wanted “healing and atonement” following the 2012 massacre of 34 striking workers at a mine run by Lonmin where he was a director. Ramaphosa has been dogged by allegations that he was partly responsible for …
Read More »At least 20 dead in DR Congo gold mine collapse
Bukavu, DR Congo | AFP | At least 20 people were killed in a gold mine collapse in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a local minister said on Sunday. The deaths occurred overnight at a mine in South Kivu region in the east of the country, the province’s mines …
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