Gold mine collapse kills 82 people in Sudan

At least 82 people have died after an informal gold mine collapsed in war-torn Sudan, officials have said.Rescuers had pulled 82 bodies out of the al-Zara mine in Nuhud, a town in West Kordofan province, by Wednesday afternoon, unnamed local officials said. The area is controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been fighting against the Sudanese military for more than three years.Dozens of people remain unaccounted for, according to Suleiman Abu Hmeida from Emergency Response Rooms, a grassroots network. Image: The al-Zara mine is in the town of Nuhud in West Kordofan province The network monitors the conflict and provides support for communities across the conflict-ravaged country. A lack of equipment is hampering rescue efforts, the official said, with only one privately-owned forklift truck in use.Khairal-Sayed Gabara, one of the survivors, said the collapse was "massive", adding that the situation was "very dire". "We do not have the machinery to lift dirt and stones and search for survivors at depths of more than 30 metres [100ft]," he said. "There were dozens of people working in the mine."Al-Amin Suliman, another survivor, said 60 bodies had been re...