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More than 70 dead in artisanal mine collapse in Mali

An artisanal gold miner peers into a small-scale mine while his colleague works, in Mali in 2012 [File:Joe Penney/Reuters]

More than 70 people have died in southwest Mali after an artisanal gold mine collapsed last week, officials have said, the latest disaster in a region prone to mining accidents.

Karim Bethe, a senior National Geology and Mining Directorate official, shared the details with The Associated Press on Wednesday, calling it an accident.

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