Central African Republic shuts down gold mining site after deadly collapse
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The Central African Republic’s government Saturday closed down a gold mining site…
Hopes fade for survivors in Central African Republic gold mine collapse
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Hopes of finding survivors at a collapsed gold mine in Central African…
Death toll in Central African Republic mine collapse rises to more than 100
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The death toll from a gold mine collapse in a western part…
Gold mine collapses and kills at least 30 miners in Central African Republic
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A gold mining site collapsed Tuesday in the western part of Central…
South African police say at least 14 dead in a mine collapse
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 14 artisanal miners died and eight were injured when the walls of a…
34 miners killed in a methane explosion at a Pakistan coal mine
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A methane gas explosion at a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan killed 34 miners,…
UN reports 300 children killed or injured in Sudan war in 2026 alone
CAIRO (AP) — The war in Sudan has killed or wounded more than 300 children in the last…
China’s coal mining industry has seen major disasters
A gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern province of Shanxi, the country’s main coal mining…
Ship crews face strain as the Strait of Hormuz remains shut
NEW DELHI (AP) — For about eight weeks, Indian Capt. Rahul Dhar and his crew have been stranded…
M23 spokesperson killed by drone strike in Congo
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Willy Ngoma, a spokesperson for the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels fighting in eastern Congo, has…
Mine collapses in eastern Congo, killing at least 200
GOMA, Congo (AP) — A landslide earlier this week collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site…
A West Virginia miner’s body has been found in a flooded mine
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that…