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Kenya Unauthorized Gold Mine Collapse Kills Five Despite Earlier State Order to Close It
Kenya Unauthorized Gold Mine Collapse Kills Five Despite Earlier State Order to Close It
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Kenyan authorities in March had ordered the closure of so-called informal mines in the Hillo area near the border with Ethiopia, following clashes between... 26.05.2024, Sputnik Africa
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Five people have been killed and three are still missing after the collapse of an unauthorized gold mine in northern Kenya, police said Saturday.Despite March closures, the Hillo area "continued to attract people looking to make a living", said Patrick Mwakio, police commander for the region's Marsabit county. Weeks of heavy rains led to the mine's collapse, county official David Saruni told NTV television.The storms have caused 291 deaths across the country with 75 people missing, and forced around 275,000 people from their homes, according to a government tally released on May 16.
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Kenya Unauthorized Gold Mine Collapse Kills Five Despite Earlier State Order to Close It
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Kenyan authorities in March had ordered the closure of so-called informal mines in the Hillo area near the border with Ethiopia, following clashes between local communities that resulted in seven deaths.
Five people have been killed and three are still missing after the collapse of an unauthorized gold
mine in northern Kenya, police said Saturday.
Despite March closures, the Hillo area "continued to attract people looking to make a living", said Patrick Mwakio, police commander for the region's Marsabit county.
"The bodies were found after searches that began yesterday," he said, adding that three others had yet to be found.
Weeks of heavy rains led to the
mine's collapse, county official David Saruni told NTV television.
The
storms have caused 291 deaths across the country with 75 people missing, and forced around 275,000 people from their homes, according to a government tally released on May 16.
