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14 missing, presumed dead, in Burundian mine flood: Official
NAIROBI: Fourteen miners were missing and feared dead in Burundi on Saturday after flash floods swept into a pit where they were searching for gold, the local government administrator told AFP.Heavy rain in the Mabayi commune in northwest Burundi on Friday sent torrents of water from a swollen river gushing into a pit mine were they were digging, said Nicodeme Ndahabonyimana, the municipal administrator.The 14 miners “did not have time to get out of the holes,“ Ndahabonyimana said.Efforts were underway to pump water from the mine shafts to recover the bodies of the trapped miners, he said, but “there is no longer any chance of finding them alive.”Burundi is rich in gold, precious minerals an

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