Zambia Landslides Kill 7 Miners Illegally Digging Tunnels; More Than 20 Missing

FILE - An aerial view of an Equinox copper mine in Lumwana, Zambia, in 2012. On Dec. 2, 2023, seven miners were killed by landslides while they were illegally digging tunnels at a copper mine in Zambia, authorities said.

Seven miners were confirmed dead, and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging illegally at a copper mine in Zambia, police and local authorities said Saturday.