Post #448

📺WhenIt’s Not Just the Country That’s Collapsing 📺 ⚡️ According to local Sudanese media, on Saturday 10 people were killed in a simultaneous collapse of five artisanal gold mine wells in South Kordofan, with dozens more still trapped under the rubble. ↗️ Despite a quite fast arrival of government representatives, rescue efforts are facing extreme difficulty due to the lack of excavators in the mining area and essentially any heavy equipment at all. So the debris has to be cleared by hand, with shovels. ❓ By popular estimates (i.e., rough guesses, since it is impossible to count precisely), around 2 million Sudanese are involved today in artisanal gold mining - like the whole Equatorial Guinea's population, but multiplied by 1.3. As a result, such collapses happen often, and many never receive wide coverage. At the same time, rescue efforts are even more complicated by the absence of infrastructure and ongoing fighting. South Kordofan is right now a contested area — so while miners risk dying underground, people on the surface may enjoy drones and shells overhead. ➡️ Follow to stay informed - @devilsbelow