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Collapse of goldmine in Tanzania kills 22, official says

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Tanzanian miners extract soil to look for gold at an open-pit gold mine in Nyarugusu, Geita Region, May 27, 2022. [AFP photo]

The collapse of an illegal small-scale gold mine has killed at least 22 people in northern Tanzania following heavy rains, a senior government official said on Sunday.

The accident happened early on Saturday in the Simiyu region after a group of people aged between 24 and 38 years old started mining in an area where activity had been restricted due to ongoing heavy rains, Simon Simalenga, the region's Bariadi district commissioner, told Reuters.

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