Sudan Gold Mine Collapse Kills As Least 82 People With Many More Missing

SUDAN – The death toll from the collapse of an informal gold mine in a remote area of Sudan has risen to 82, according to local officials and activists, as rescuers struggled on Wednesday to search for the missing with limited equipment.

It is the latest tragedy in a nation mired in a devastating war.

Survivors said the collapse happened at a gold mine in a town which is controlled by the paramilitary rapid support forces, RSF, that have been fighting against the Sudanese military for over three years.

A member of the emergency response rooms said rescuers pulled out 82 bodies by Wednesday afternoon, “but dozens remain unaccounted for,”