24 killed in gold mine collapse in Sudan's Northern State

At least 24 people were killed after a gold mine collapsed in Sudan's Northern State, Khartoum's Akhir Lahza daily reported Monday.

"Twenty-four people have been killed at Alboom, one of the civil gold exploration sites in Dalgo area in Northern State, after a 160-meter deep gold mine collapsed," the report said. "All attempts to discover the bodies have failed as the gold mine collapsed more than three times," the paper quoted an eyewitness as saying. It added that the concerned authorities were notified with the accident, urging to prohibit exploration at the old gold mines to protect citizens. Gold mine collapse accidents recently recurred across Sudan, the last of them was in North Darfur State in which scores were killed.