More than 40 people, mostly women, were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Mali on Saturday. The collapse took place near Kéniéba, in Mali's western, gold-rich Kayes region.

More than 40 people, mostly women, were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Mali on Saturday. The collapse took ...

People look at an artisanal gold mine in Danga, Mali, on Jan. 31, after a landslide killed at least 10 people and left many others missing. Ousmane Makaveli / AFP - Getty Images file ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more, according to Malian television and officials in the Kéniéba district where the ...

Gold Mine Collapse in Mali Kills at Least 43 The accident took place in an open-pit area people had gone into in search of gold. Informal mining is a common and dangerous practice in much of West ...

This is not the first time such accidents have occurred at a gold mine in Mali, ... The region where this latest collapse occurred, however, is much further south and closer to Bamako.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more, according to Malian television and officials in the Kéniéba district where the ...

A tragic mining accident in western Mali which occurred after an artisanal gold mine collapsed on Saturday has claimed the lives of 43 people, mostly women, according to an industry union official.

At least 48 people, mostly women, were killed when an illegal gold mine collapsed near Kéniéba in the gold-rich Kayes region in western Mali.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more, according to Malian television and officials in the Kéniéba district where the ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more, according to Malian television and officials in the Kéniéba district where the ...

A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more, according to Malian television and officials in the Kenieba district where the accident occurred. It is the ...