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Landslide at Angola illegal gold mine kills 28
Authorities said four survivors were rescued and bodies are being identified before funerals for the 28 victims.
- A landslide at an Illegal gold mining site in Angola's northwestern Bengo province killed at least 28 people on Saturday, marking one of the country's deadliest artisanal mining accidents.
- The Nambuangongo site had operated for about three months, fueled by Angola's economic diversification drive into gold as diamond prices fell and synthetic diamonds rose.
- Teams rescued Four civilians from the site, while authorities confirmed the deceased victims were aged between 16 and 35 years old.
- Visiting families in Canacassala, provincial governor Maria Ant guaranteed support for the 28 victims' families ahead of funerals scheduled for Tuesday.
- Teams work on identifying bodies before release to families, as the governor declared: "We lost people, but we cannot lose hope or our determination to prevent tragedies like this from happening again.
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28 people died in a mining accident in Angola. Four people were rescued unharmed in the mine collapse.
·Budapest, Hungary
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Landslide at Angola illegal gold mine kills 28 | Science-Environment
At least 28 people were killed when a landslide struck an illegal gold mining site in Angola's northwestern Bengo province, local authorities said, in one of the country's deadliest illegal mining accidents. Illegal mining in Angola had historically been associated with the diamond industry.
·India
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Angola: Bengo Governor Supports Families of the Mine Collapse's Victims
Caxito -- The provincial governor of Bengo, Maria Antónia Nelumba, guaranteed on Sunday, in the municipality of Nambuangongo, full support to the 28 families of the victims of the collapse of an gold mining, for the holding of their funerals, which is scheduled for Tuesday.
·South Africa
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