“On the night of February 7th to 8th, miners were trapped in galleries in Dohoun”, a town close to the mining town of Houndé, according to Abasse Derra, an official with the association .According to Abasse Derra, quoted by Lusa, “the balance so far is ten dead, whose bodies were removed from the rubble” and “some wounded who received assistance”. The fatalities are nine young people from the village of Dohoun and one from the neighboring village of Bouéré, said another member of the association, Moussa Ouédraogo. some people mentioned explosives being used and others pointed to collapsing support beams. Despite the ban on gold mining, which regularly causes deadly landslides, Bu rkina Faso struggle to control the uncontrolled exploitation of gold, carried out by 1.2 million people across the country, according to official data. , caused 60 deaths.Read more…Source:Jornal Notícias
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