In South Africa, a months-long standoff between police and illegal gold miners has resulted in over 100 deaths. This surge in ...
It will be a "mammoth task" to identify the bodies brought up from a disused mineshaft in South Africa this week, a police ...
The miners are suspected to have died of starvation and dehydration, although no causes of death have been released.
Rescuers racing to clear a disused South African gold shaft of illegal miners said Thursday a final sweep appeared to show ...
South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ...
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.