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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - This aerial view taken on January 31, 2025, shows an artisanal gold mine in Danga, Mali, where a landslide killed at least 10 people and left many others missing. — Pic by AFP
BAMAKO (Mali), Feb 16 — At least 48 people were killed in the collapse of an illegally operated gold mine in western Mali yesterday, authorities and local sources told AFP.
Mali is one of Africa’s leading gold producers, and mining sites are regularly the scene of deadly landslides and accidents.
Authorities have struggled to control unregulated mining of the precious metal in the country, which is among the world’s poorest.
“The toll at 1800 today is 48 dead following the collapse,” said a police source.
“Some of the victims fell into the water. Among them was a woman with her baby on her back.”
A local official confirmed the cave-in, while the Kenieba gold miners’ association also put the death toll at 48.
The search for victims was ongoing, the head of an environmental organisation told AFP.
Yesterday’s accident took place at an abandoned site formerly operated by a Chinese company, sources told AFP.
In January, a landslide at a gold mine in southern Mali killed at least 10 people and left many others missing, most of them women.
Just over a year ago, a tunnel collapsed at a gold mining site in the same region as yesterday’s landslide, killing more than 70 people. — AFP
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