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Dozens missing after gold mine collapse in Central African Republic

Dozens missing after gold mine collapse in Central African Republic
France 24 Saturday 22 August 2026, 10:06 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Dozens missing after gold mine collapse in Central African Republic Africa Issued on: Share In the Central African Republic, the search for victims continues following Tuesday’s gold mine collapse. The government says the incident has claimed at least 49 lives but local sources estimate the death toll to be much higher. Cameroonian and Chadian nationals are also among the victims. Several witnesses spoke to our correspondent Marcel Amoko.
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