Nine people are in hospital under police supervision, a spokeswoman for the force said. Illegal miners, most of them foreign nationals, had occupied the shaft -- once part ... down the 2.6 ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — (AP) — Rescuers were sending a cage-like ... in parts of gold-rich South Africa where companies close down mines that are no longer profitable, leaving groups ...

Sudanese volunteer rescuers said shelling in the greater ... said that an estimated 3.2 million children under the age of five are expected to face acute malnutrition this year in Sudan.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — (AP) — Rescuers sent a cage-like structure down into one of South ... too weak or ill to climb out. The mine is 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) deep with multiple ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa - South African rescuers were making final efforts ... miners up to the surface so they could be arrested as part of a crackdown on illegal mining, which the government ...

South Africa -- Rescuers sent a cage-like structure down into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines on Tuesday to bring out survivors among hundreds of illegal miners trapped for months in an ...

Twenty-four hours after the temblor struck, those trapped under rubble would have endured a night in sub-zero temperatures, adding to the pressure on rescuers ... was so strong part of the terrain ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers ... to be sent down to the miners.

The three-year-old pooch was found alone down a country lane in Biggleswade ... and it is really lovely to see her tail wag. “She is under the care of a vet and the plan is to continue to ...