• More than 100 dead after gold mine collapse in Central African Republic

    ByRishav Kothari

    More than 100 people were reported dead after a landslide and collapse at an artisanal gold-mining site in Zamboye, Nana-Mambéré prefecture, western Central African Republic, on August 18, 2026. Recovery operations continued on August 20, with several survivors critically injured and an unknown number of people remaining beneath the debris.