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At least 38 people were killed and eight reported missing when a defunct private gold mine collapsed on top of them in Sudan’s West Sudan over the weekend, officials said.
A gold mine collapsed in the West Kordofan state of southern Sudan, killing at least 38 persons, according to a government statement.
The statement added on Tuesday, "The General Manager of the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company Limited mourns the death of 38 miners who died as a result of the collapse of the Umm Draisaya mine."
Near El Nuhud town in West Kordofan state, around 500 kilometres west of Sudan's capital Khartoum, a gold mine has collapsed.