At least 60 killed in gold mine collapse in West Kordofan

At least 60 people have died following the collapse of shafts at the Al-Zaraa gold mine near El-Nahud in West Kordofan. Survivors reported the collapse began prior to retrieval operations recovering 60 bodies the following morning. The total number of miners remaining missing or trapped has not been confirmed.

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First reported39 days ago

Published2026-09-16 12:14 UTC

Sources9

Casualties reported60

How this travelled.

Reports13Independent tellings9

9 independently corroborated tellings, 1 reported as carrying another outlet.

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No published correction or update is recorded. This does not reconstruct changes made before correction records were kept.

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Global Event Monitor. At least 60 killed in gold mine collapse in West Kordofan. 2026-09-16T12:14:58.511Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:2435. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-16/at-least-60-killed-in-gold-mine-collapse-in-remote-0d126028

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