Darfur gold mine collapse kills 60

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: AFP

More than 60 workers were killed when an unlicenced desert gold mine collapsed in an area of Sudan's Darfur where hundreds died in fighting over the precious commodity in January-February, the district chief said Thursday.

It was not known how many people may still be missing after Monday's accident in Jebel Amir district, more than 200 kilometres (125 miles) northwest of the North Darfur state capital El Fasher.

Production from unofficial gold mines has become a key revenue source for Sudan's cash-strapped government.

It is also a tempting but dangerous occupation for residents of Sudan's poverty-stricken western region of Darfur which has been devastated by a decade of civil war.

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[Canuckistanian]

1. Unlicenced businesses are great!

Until they're not.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Sudan Jebel Amir gold mine collapse rescue called off - 100 workers, 9 rescuers presumed dead

The search for some 100 workers trapped in a collapsed gold mine in Sudan's Darfur region has been called off.

The rescue operation at the 40m (131ft) deep Jebel Amir mine was deemed too dangerous, witnesses said.

On Friday nine rescuers became trapped and are now presumed dead. No survivors have been found since Monday's collapse at the North Darfur mine.
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"Today the searching has stopped because it was too dangerous," a miner in Jebel Amir district, some 200 km (125 miles) north-west of North Darfur's state capital El Fasher, told AFP news agency.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22412407

So sad about rescuers dying too.

[Ruby the Liberal]

3. Horray for regulation-free libertarianism!

RIP to those who lost their lives in this tragedy. Just glaring proof that Libertarian thought is corrupt.

[daleo]

4. Yeah, these places are Libertarian paradises

John Galton would be right at home.