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The collapsed gold mine lies near El Nuhud town in West Kordofan State, 500km west of Sudan's capital Khartoum. [Reuters file photo]
At least 38 people have been killed after a gold mine collapsed in West Kordofan State in southern Sudan, a government agency said in a statement.
"The General Manager of the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company Limited eulogises the death of 38 miners who died as a result of the collapse of Umm Draisaya mine," the statement read.
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