
More than 100 dead after goldmine landslide in Central African Republic
More than 100 people died after an artisanal goldmine caved in due to a landslide in the village of Zamboye, western Central African Republic, on Tuesday.

More than 100 people died after an artisanal goldmine caved in due to a landslide in the village of Zamboye, western Central African Republic, on Tuesday.

Dozens of laborers were killed in a landslide at the illegal Zamboye gold mining site in the western Central African Republic on Tuesday. Tunnels collapsed, prompting an ongoing rescue effort and an investigation by authorities.
More than 100 people died and others remain missing after a low-tech artisanal gold mine collapsed in the village of Zamboye, Central African Republic, triggering an official investigation.

A landslide at the Zamboye gold mine in the Central African Republic killed at least 100 people on Tuesday, with search and rescue operations ongoing near the Cameroon border.

Global efforts to reduce maternal and early infant mortality are reversing, with the Central African Republic and Nigeria experiencing severe increases in deaths due to unprecedented aid cuts and escalating conflicts. Healthcare facilities are closing, staff are losing jobs, and essential services are becoming inaccessible, forcing women to give birth without medical assistance.

Decades of progress in reducing maternal and infant mortality are reversing globally due to unprecedented aid cuts, initially by the US and later European countries, coupled with increased conflict. The Central African Republic and Nigeria exemplify this crisis, facing severe healthcare facility closures, staff layoffs, and rising deaths.

The US has deported approximately two dozen migrants, including an Iranian activist, to the Central African Republic (CAR) under a controversial deal. The flight, originating from Louisiana, landed in Bangui after a stop in Ghana. Migrants' lawyers express grave concerns about their safety and lack of connection to CAR.

Un avion américain transportant des migrants iraniens, afghans, turcs et géorgiens expulsés des États-Unis est arrivé en République centrafricaine, dans le cadre d'une politique controversée d'envoi de ressortissants étrangers en situation irrégulière vers des pays tiers.

The US has begun implementing its new migration agreement with the Central African Republic (CAR), with a charter flight deporting around 20 foreign nationals, including Iranian, Turkish, Syrian, and Afghan migrants, to Bangui on June 12. The CAR is the latest African nation to sign such a deal with the US, though the terms of these agreements remain confidential.

Russia's Deputy FM Dmitry Lyubinsky claims Ukraine is supplying Western arms to terrorists in Syria and several African countries via illegal trafficking.