No-one found in Burkina Faso mine’s safe chamber

Rescue crews in Burkina Faso say they have not found any survivors in a chamber deep inside a zinc mine. Eight miners have been missing for more than a month after they became trapped when the mine flooded.

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Photo: Zambian Nune Ndonji, one of the eight missing in the Burkina Faso mine. Courtesy of Brenda Mwamba.