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2026-05-25 09:36:09
[28 Dead in Collapse of Illegal Gold Mine in Angola, 13 of whom are from the same family] (1) Angolan police spokesman Inácio said that a collapse at an illegal gold mine in the city of São Bouangongo in Bengo Province in the northwest has killed 28 people (13 of whom are from the same family) and left two others missing. (2) The spokesman said in an interview with the national radio station that the accident was caused by the collapse of an illegal strategic gold mine; the search and rescue operation is still ongoing. Rodriguez, a medic at the Bengo Provincial Central Hospital, confirmed that the three injured are in stable condition. (3) Radio reports said that survivors said there were more than 70 miners in the mine when it collapsed.
