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Gold mine collapse has killed at least 67 people in a remote area in Sudan

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A gold mine collapse in Sudan has killed at least 67 people, according to a medical group and survivors…

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  • A gold mine collapse in Sudan has killed at least 67 people, according to a medical group and survivors…
  • Reported by ABC News and published Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:26:39 UTC.

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  5. War-damaged Gaza building collapses, killing at least 20 people

  6. At least 20 killed after war-damaged Gaza building collapses

  7. Gold mine collapse has killed at least 67 people in a remote area in Sudan

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Sudan gold mine collapse kills at least 60: survivors say

Shafts began collapsing in the Al-Zaraa mine near the town of El-Nahud in West Kordofan September, and by the following morning 60 bodies had been retrieved…

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