At least 31 bodies pulled from collapsed mine in Sudan as search continues for survivors

News Week

Rescue workers in Sudan have recovered at least 31 bodies from the Darsaya gold mine, where 38 people are believed to be killed when it collapsed earlier this week.

The Sudanese Mineral Resources Limited Company, a state-run mining company, said rescue workers and villagers are continuing their search of the mine in the West Kordofan province’s Fuja village, looking for more bodies or even possibly survivors.

Al-Jazeera reported that the mine had been condemned due to safety concerns and that it had security patrolling the area to make sure miners did not try to enter. A mining official told Deutsche Welle, a German broadcaster, that authorities shut the mine down after four miners were killed there in January…