Khartoum, Dec 28, (dpa/GNA) – Twenty-three people have died in Sudan when a gold mine collapsed.
Eight injured people were receiving treatment in hospital, a spokesman for the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company said on Tuesday.
The accident occurred in the town of Al-Nuhud, in the West Kordofan region. The mine had been closed once before by the local authorities after a previous collapse, but was reopened again.
The export of gold is of great importance for the East African nation.
In 2018, Sudan exported 93 tons of gold. Many gold mines in the country are operated semi-legally, and do not meet safety standards.
GNA