Gold mine collapse in northeast Sudan kills at least 11
- On Sunday, a gold mine shaft collapsed in Oni, a remote area in Sudan's Red Sea state, killing at least 11 miners and injuring 30 while search operations continue for missing individuals.
- Deadly mine collapses are common in Sudan, where informal mining operations often lack safety standards and artisanal activity occurs outside regulated areas, exposing workers to chemical poisoning and structural failures.
- The Oni incident marks the second collapse of an informal mine in Sudan within a week, following last Sunday's collapse in the southern Kordofan region that killed at least 82 people.
- Sudan, Africa's third-largest gold producer, recorded a "five-year high" of 70 tonnes of production last year, with artisanal mining employing more than two million people despite widespread border smuggling.
- Gold smuggling finances the Rapid Support Forces, which controls production areas in Darfur and Kordofan, while the conflict between the RSF and the Sudanese military has killed at least 59,000 people.
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Sudan - Six Killed, Dozens Injured in Red Sea Mine Collapse
El Ansari Market, Red Sea State -- At least six artisanal miners have been killed and dozens injured after four mining shafts collapsed at the Oni El Dakkan mine in Jebeit Minerals locality in Sudan's Red Sea state. Miners told Radio Dabanga that those injured were taken from the mine, near El Ansari market, to Port Sudan, about 300km away.
At least 11 people died and about 30 were injured as a result of the collapse of a gold mine in north-eastern Sudan, reporting to AP with reference to local authorities.
At least 11 people died and about 30 were affected by the collapse of a gold mine in north-eastern Sudan, reports AP with reference to local authorities.
Sudan gold mine collapse kills 11 as search continues in Red Sea state
A gold mine shaft collapsed in Sudan's Red Sea state, killing at least 11 miners and injuring 30. The second such disaster in a week has intensified scrutiny of unsafe informal mining amid war and weak oversight.
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