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Gold mine collapse leaves 14 dead in Sudan

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FILE - Gold mine workers climb out from a local mine in Sudan, July 30, 2013. Authorities reported a gold mine collapse March 31, 2023, near the Egyptian border that left 14 workers dead and many others injured.

At least 14 workers are dead after a gold mine collapsed in northern Sudan, mining authorities said Friday.

The fatal collapse happened after one of the hillsides that surround the Jebel Al-Ahmar gold mine - situated near the Egyptian border - gave way Thursday afternoon, the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company said in a short statement.

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