• Slope collapse at gold mine leaves at least 12 dead in Nariño, Colombia

    ByRishav Kothari

    At least 12 people were killed and at 5 others were injured when a slope collapsed at an open-pit gold-mining site in the Puerto Rico area of Policarpa, Nariño, Colombia, on August 19, 2026. Community members and firefighters conducted the search with support from two excavators, and the operation ended at about 02:00 local time (LT) on August 20.

  • 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.