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The victims had climbed into open-pit areas left by industrial miners to look for scraps of gold when the earth around them caved in, a gold miner's union leader told Reuters. Reports of the exact ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A gold mine ...

BAMAKO - At least 48 people were killed in the collapse of an illegally operated gold mine in western Mali, authorities and local sources told AFP. Mali is one of Africa's leading gold producers ...

Mali is one of Africa's leading gold producers, and mining sites are regularly the scene of deadly landslides and accidents. Flag of Mali. Picture: Wikimedia Commons. BAMAKO, Mali - At least 48 ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more, according to Malian television and officials in the Kéniéba district where the ...

A gold mine has collapsed in the east of Mali, leaving a preliminary death toll of 42 and many injured, according to Malian national television and local authorities BAMAKO, Mali -- A gold mine ...

More than 40 people, mostly women, were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Mali on Saturday. The collapse took place near Kéniéba, in Mali's western, gold-rich Kayes region.