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  • Collapsed River Embankment that claimed the lives of two illegal miners in Jeli, Malaysia, on May 20, 2026. Credit: Mohamed Fadzli Hassan

    Two dead after embankment collapses at illegal gold mining site in western Kelantan, Malaysia

    ByRishav Kothari Thursday, May 21, 2026Thursday, May 21, 2026

    Two men were killed after a 2 m (6.6 feet) high river embankment collapsed near Jeli in western Kelantan at approximately 20:20 local time (LT) on May 20, 2026, burying a group believed to have been illegally mining for gold near the Jerimbong oil palm plantation.

  • Representational image, View of a mineral extraction site near Rubaya in Masisi, North Kivu, November 25, 2020. Credit: Radio Okapi/Denise Lukesso.

    Over 100 feared killed as bridge collapses at Kalando mine, DR Congo

    ByRishav Kothari Monday, November 17, 2025Monday, November 17, 2025

    A bridge collapsed at the Kalando copper-cobalt mine near Kolwezi in Lualaba province on November 15, 2025, killing at least 32 people, provincial authorities said.

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