【全非资讯·东非】Sudan Gold Mine Collapse Kills Dozens As Search for Missing Continues

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At least 60 people have been killed in the collapse of a gold mine in southern Sudan, with many more still missing and feared dead beneath the rubble.

Since fighting erupted in April 2023 between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, both sides' war efforts have been largely funded by the country's gold trade, worth billions of dollars.

According to Sudanese officials and mining industry sources, nearly all of the gold exported or smuggled from Sudan flows to the United Arab Emirates, which denies accusations that it has supplied weapons to the RSF.

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With jobs scarce across much of the country, many young Sudanese have joined a dangerous gold rush, mostly in unregulated mines such as Al-Zaraa in West Kordofan.

The mine's shafts began collapsing on Tuesday with dozens of small-scale miners underground. By the following morning 60 bodies had been retrieved.

"We don't know how many more are still inside," one of the survivors, Khair al-Sayyed Jabara, told AFP after an all-night rescue operation with fellow miners, using the same rudimentary tools they use to extract gold.

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