Beneath the Sudanese earth on a Sunday morning, dozens of miners descended into shafts that would not release them — at least seventy lives extinguished when a gold mine collapsed without warning, with many more still unaccounted for. The disaster lays bare a quiet, enduring truth: that those who extract wealth from the ground are often afforded the least protection by the systems that profit from it. In a country already strained by instability, the absence of specialized rescue equipment has transformed a catastrophe into something closer to a slow farewell, as families wait and the hours co
Gold Mine Collapse in Sudan Kills at Least 70, Dozens Missing
At least 70 people killed in mine collapse with dozens more missing; rescue prospects limited by equipment shortages.