Central African Republic: At Least 37 Miners Die at Gold Mine
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Version 0 of 1. At least 37 gold miners died and many others were injured in the Central African Republic when a pit in which they were working collapsed after heavy rains, the president’s office said Monday. The accident happened on Sunday at a gold mine in Ndassima, about 270 miles east of the capital, Bangui. Three days of national mourning have been declared. “The toll of 37 is provisional as there were many injured,” said Prosper Ndouba, a spokesman for the president’s office. The Central African Republic, a former French colony, as abundant gold and diamonds deposits, but the country has endured decades of instability, with rebels sweeping in from the north of the country to topple the president in March. |