Mali is one of Africa’s leading gold producers, and mining sites are regularly the scene of deadly landslides and accidents. Authorities have struggled to control unregulated mining of the precious metal in the country, which is among the world’s poorest. In January, a landslide at a gold mine in southern Mali killed at least 10 people and left many others missing, most of them women. Just over a year ago, a tunnel collapsed at aGold mining site in the same region as Saturday’s landslide, killing more than 70 people.Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world with our live updates. Back to Mail Online home. back to the page you came from. The original version of this article stated that at least 48 people were killed in the collapse of an illegally operated gold mine. In fact, the death toll at 1800 today is 48 dead following the collapse,\” said a police source. The head of an environmental organisation said the search for victims was ongoing, the head of a gold miners’ association also put the deaths at 48.
