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Several people killed in accident at abandoned Liberia gold mine

Several people killed in accident at abandoned Liberia gold mine

SEVERAL people have been killed in Liberia in an accident at an abandoned gold mine, the West African country's mines minister said. Minister Wilmot Paye said that seven people died in Monday night's incident but acknowledged the authorities could not yet provide an exact death toll until a team reached the site in River Cess County in south-central Liberia. "I was told that seven persons died, but I can't say much until the team gets there. The mines had been abandoned several months ago," Paye told Reuters, adding that he did not know which company had operated the site. "If…
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151 people killed in renewed violence in Sudan

151 people killed in renewed violence in Sudan

AT least 151 people were killed and 86 injured in fighting in Sudan's Blue Nile state over recent days, medical sources said on Thursday, the latest outbreak of violence to rock remote conflict-weary regions. Despite a peace deal signed in 2020 with some of Sudan’s rebel groups in the western Darfur region and in Blue Nile and southern Kordofan, tribal fighting has steadily increased. Analysts blame the fighting on unresolved issues of land and citizenship as well as the militarization of tribal groups. It threatens to further destabilise the country which has been in political and economic turmoil since the…
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Russia hits Kyiv apartment block in drone attacks on Ukraine cities

Russia hits Kyiv apartment block in drone attacks on Ukraine cities

PAVEL POLITYUK RUSSIA attacked Ukrainian cities with drones, killing at least four people in an apartment building in downtown Kyiv during morning rush hour, and targeted infrastructure across the country in the second wave of air strikes in a week. Ukrainian soldiers fired into the air trying to shoot down the drones after blasts rocked central Kyiv. An anti-aircraft rocket could be seen streaking into the morning sky, followed by an explosion and orange flames, as residents raced for shelter. A pregnant woman was among four people killed in the attack on the residential building, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Ukraine's Interior…
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