Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Five miners were killed in a landslide in Bolivia

Bolivia

Five gold miners died when a landslide buried them while excavating gold on the banks of a river in central Bolivia, according to local officials. According to the police report, the victims of the tragedy in the village of Huajchamayu, in the town of Cocapata, in the central Cochabamba department, varied in age from 20 … Read more

Deadly clashes reported from remote Chad gold fields

Chad gold fields

The country’s communications minister said Wednesday that fighting among gold miners in remote northern Chad has left an unknown number of dead and wounded, despite unsubstantiated allegations that the death toll is near 200. The clashes at Kouri Bougoudi on Monday set Arabs from over the border in Libya against members of the Tama community, … Read more