War and the loss of livelihoods are pushing growing numbers of Sudanese people into gold mining, despite a series of pit collapses that have killed dozens of workers. According to a BBC News report, at least 83 people died when five adjoining shafts collapsed at a mine near Al-Nuhud in West Kordofan. Three days later, another collapse in Jebeit, eastern Sudan, killed 12 people.
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