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Collapse of makeshift gold mine in DRC claims lives of 12 miners 25 May 2021 (Last Updated May 25th, 2021 15:15) The collapse of a makeshift gold mine near Bondo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, has killed at least 12 miners. Share Article A collapse of a makeshift gold mine near Bondo, Lower Uele province, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has killed at least 12 miners. Approximately ten of the 18 people present at the mine were killed immediately as a result of a landslide that occurred on 22 May, UN radio Okapi reported. While other t...

Daily Times May 25, 2021 A dozen clandestine miners died when a makeshift gold mine collapsed in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN radio Okapi reported Monday. The accident took place around midday Saturday near Bondo in Lower Uele province, the report quoted regional deputy Eddy Pascal Sinango as saying. It was the latest in a series of mine accidents that have killed around 50 people so far this year, Okapi added, quoting local Radio Tele Uele (RTU). “Seventeen people entered a gold shaft in a quarry that was closed by mine officials since last January,” Okapi said in re...

PHOTO: Getty Images Kinshasa – A dozen clandestine miners died when a makeshift gold mine collapsed in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN radio Okapi reported on Monday. The accident took place around midday on Saturday near Bondo in Lower Uele province, the report quoted regional deputy Eddy Pascal Sinango as saying. It was the latest in a series of mine accidents that have killed around 50 people so far this year, Okapi added, quoting local Radio Tele Uele (RTU). "Seventeen people entered a gold shaft in a quarry that was closed by mine officials since last January," Okapi...