Sudan: 15 Miners Killed After a Gold Mine Collapses Due to Torrential Rains

Sudanese CHildren, Aug 2024 Photo: @ggohom

August 11, 2024 Hour: 3:05 pm

“The collapse of six wells simultaneously over miners in the Al Bouta area resulted in the deaths of more than 15 miners, most of whom were from the Great Buram locality,”

At least 15 miners died after a gold mine collapsed due to torrential rains that hit southern Sudan this weekend, resistance committees in the state of South Darfur in southwest Africa reported on Sunday.

“The collapse of six wells simultaneously over miners in the Al Bouta area resulted in the deaths of more than 15 miners, most of whom were from the Great Buram locality,” a statement by resistance committees said, Informal citizen network that compiles the casualties of the war between the army and paramilitaries.

According to the note, torrential rains flooded on Saturday the area of Al Bouta, located west of the Agbash mine, considered one of the most famous gold mines in the town of Al Radom.

The committees warned that heavy rains made it difficult for volunteers to rescue the bodies of the dead from the flooded wells.

#SouthSudan is bracing for what is anticipated to be the most severe flooding in many decades-with 3.3M people expected to be affected.

A group of youth in Old Fangak, Jonglei State started a local initiative to build a 4km dyke to safeguard their area from being submerged. pic.twitter.com/CMJMACpjrY
— OCHA South Sudan (@OCHASouthSudan) August 8, 2024

The Agbash area is considered one of the most prominent mining areas in South Darfur state, as it includes gold mining companies such as Al Junaid Company, owned by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces, they detailed in the note.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported last Thursday that floods in 11 out of 18 states of Sudan have forced more than 21,370 people across the country to move.