At least 28 people have been killed and two remain missing after a landslide hit an illegal gold mine in Angola’s Bengo province, authorities say.
The victims were aged between 18 and 40, police said, with 13 members of the same family among those buried by the landslide.
Police said the collapse happened on Saturday (23 May) at a mining site in Nambuangongo Municipality, northeast of Luanda.
Gaspar Luis Inacio, a police spokesperson, said two people were still missing after the landslide and that search and rescue teams remained at the scene.
Authorities said emergency workers were continuing efforts to locate people believed to be trapped beneath debris from the collapsed mine. The operation was still under way after the death toll was confirmed on Sunday (24 May).
Medical officials at Bengo Central Hospital said at least three injured survivors had received treatment. Francisco Rodrigues, the hospital’s health supervisor, said the patients had undergone X-ray examinations and remained under medical observation.
“All three patients are conscious and out of danger. There is no immediate need for transfer to other medical facilities,” Rodrigues told reporters.
Illegal mining remains a persistent problem in parts of Angola, where unsafe conditions and limited regulation have contributed to fatal accidents.
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