Frana in una miniera nell'est congolese, almeno 16 morti

epa11823700 A nearby disused mine shaft shows dangerous nature of the shafts at former commercial mines that are used by illegal miners, during the official rescue operation at a disused gold mine shaft in Stilfontein, around 150 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, 14 January 2025. A South African court has ordered the official rescue attempts to begin as an unknown number of illegal gold miners, or Zama Zama, are trapped underground, of which 10 miners have been rescued. The number of Zama Zama to have died underground has already reached 109 according to an attorney at Lawyers for Human Rights. The miners are armed and form part of a wider syndicate-driven gold mining operation that often uses disused commercial gold mines to search for gold. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK