The accident follows the loss of life of over 70 folks in comparable circumstances at an artisanal mine in southwest Mali in January.
Artisanal mining is a standard exercise throughout a lot of West Africa and has elevated lately attributable to rising demand for metals and rising costs.
Lethal accidents are frequent as artisanal miners usually use old school and unregulated strategies of digging.
(By Tiemoko Diallo and Anait Miridzhanian; Enhancing by Toby Chopra)