Burkina Faso rescuers find no survivors in flooded mine's rescue chamber

18 May 2022 - 10:06 By Anne Mimault and Thiam Ndiaga

Rescue workers have found no survivors in a rescue chamber deep inside a flooded zinc mine in Burkina Faso, the government and the mine owner said on Tuesday, all but extinguishing hope that eight missing miners could still be alive after a month...

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