Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Gold mine blast kills 55 in Burkina Faso

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OUAGADOUGOU – An explosion at a gold mine in Burkina Faso Monday afternoon killed at least 55 people and wounded a similar number, local and medical sources told AFP. The blast, at a makeshift gold-panning site at Gomgombiro in the southwest of the country happened when a stock of dynamite blew up, said local officials … Read more