At least 10 miners died in the collapse of a gold mine in Sudan, a few days after another collapse in the same country that caused 82 deaths, two survivors of the AFP advanced today.
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20/09/2026
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Lusa
A french news agency reports that the mine near the border with Egypt in northern Sudan began to collapse on Saturday.
After rescue operations, which lasted overnight, “ten bodies were found this morning and 21 injured miners were watered” he revealed to AFP one of the survivors who worked in the mine when the accident occurred and who did not want to identify himself.
Another survivor indicated that the miners themselves performed the rescue, with little equipment available.
Already on Tuesday, another mine had collapsed in the Kordofan region in the South, causing 82 deaths.
The region is under control of the paramilitary force Rapid Support Forces, which has waged a war against the country's Armed Forces for more than three years.
In a country where, according to the UN, some 20 million people are currently facing acute food insecurity, many young people have embarked on a dangerous gold rush, especially in craft mines where accidents are frequent due to the precariousness of facilities and lack of security measures.
According to Sudanese leaders and mining sources, almost all the gold that leaves Sudan via official routes or parallel networks ends up in the United Arab Emirates — accused of arming the paramilitaries, which Abu Dhabi denies despite the evidence presented in numerous international reports.
In July, the United Kingdom and Europe announced sanctions against Sudanese gold trade to limit sources of conflict financing.