A gold mine collapsed in South Sudan, causing the death of at least 60 miners: this was reported to AFP by two survivors, while many others are missing and feared dead under the rubble. The tunnels of the Al-Zaraa mine, near the town of El-Nahud in Western Kordofan, began to collapse on Tuesday, September 15, and in the following hours, 60 bodies had been recovered. “We do not know how many others are still inside,” said one of the survivors, Khair al-Sayyed Jabara, at the end of a rescue operation that lasted all night.
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Area controlled by the Rapid Support Forces
Sudan is one of Africa’s largest gold producers, but the vast majority of its gold is extracted using dangerous artisanal mining techniques and subsequently smuggled out of the country.
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According to local sources, the high number of victims at that remote site is due to the lack of safety procedures or rescue equipment in the makeshift shafts. Western Kordofan is under the control of the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group for which gold mining represents a key source of income.
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