Central African Republic – Artifex.News https://artifex.news Stay Connected. Stay Informed. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:07:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://artifex.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/cropped-cropped-app-logo-32x32.png Central African Republic – Artifex.News https://artifex.news 32 32 Gold mine collapses in Central African Republic, killing at least 30 miners https://artifex.news/article71362272-ece/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:07:00 +0000 https://artifex.news/article71362272-ece/ Read More “Gold mine collapses in Central African Republic, killing at least 30 miners” »

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Artisanal mine collapses are common in the Central African Republic, where several thousand people work in small-scale extraction mining. Representational image.
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A gold mining site collapsed on Tuesday (August 18, 2026) in the western part of the Central African Republic, killing at least 30 miners and leaving others trapped, authorities and residents said.

The low-tech, artisanal mine collapsed on Tuesday morning (August 18, 2026) in the Abba region of the Nana-Mambere prefecture, according to Florian Gaguende, one of the surviving miners. He said rescuers were searching for additional miners believed trapped, but that the chance of finding them alive “is getting slimmer”.

The sub-prefecture’s Deputy Mayor, Souleymane Bi, said rescuers and residents managed over several hours to pull 30 bodies from the collapsed mine and that injured miners were receiving treatment.

“It is horrible and we are calling for help from organisations and all people of good will to help pull from the hole those who are unable to do so,” Mr. Bi said.

Artisanal mine collapses are common in the Central African Republic, where several thousand people work in small-scale extraction mining. The work is risky because miners typically do not have enough protection.

Published – August 19, 2026 02:45 am IST



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The incident took place in Bangui (Representational)

Bangui:

At least 58 people going to a funeral died after their overloaded boat capsized in the Central African Republic’s capital Bangui, the head of civil protection said on Saturday. 

“We were able to extract 58 lifeless bodies. We don’t know the total number of people who are underwater,” Thomas Djimasse told Radio Guira. 

According to witnesses and videos on social media, the boat was carrying more than 300 people — some standing and others perched on wooden structures — when it overturned on the Mpoko river on Friday. 

The vessel was heading to the funeral of a village chief but capsized shortly after setting off, with rescuers arriving 40 minutes after the disaster. 

Maurice Kapenya, who followed the boat in a canoe because there was no space on board, said he collected the bodies of some of the victims, including his own sister, with the help of fishermen and residents. 

Families were seen near the river on Saturday looking for their loved ones who were still missing. 

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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