Video. New videos show deadly landslide burying gold miners in Central African Republic

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 21, 2026 · 214 words · By Alexis Caraco

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What to know about Video. New videos show deadly landslide burying gold miners in Central African Republic

The footage captures the moment the ground suddenly gives way at the Zamboye artisanal gold mine, engulfing people gathered nearby.

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What happened

The footage captures the moment the ground suddenly gives way at the Zamboye artisanal gold mine, engulfing people gathered nearby.

Why it matters

Freddy Metchoubatchou was on site when the landslide struck on 18 August and filmed the collapse from close range.

Common ground

The mine is in Nana-Mambéré prefecture, about 50 kilometres from Baboua near the Cameroonian border.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Local officials, Red Cross volunteers and mining representatives initially reported more than 100 deaths?
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/08/21/new-videos-show-deadly-landslide-buryi…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Local officials, Red Cross volunteers and mining representatives initially reported more than 100 deaths”

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Euronews and YouTube reports confirm that local officials and Red Cross volunteers initially reported over 100 deaths.

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web search NEUTRAL — Local officials, Red Cross volunteers and mining representatives initially reported more than 100 deaths. The Mines Ministry later gave a provisional official toll of 49, including 34 Central African …
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/videos-show-deadly…

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web search NEUTRAL — Researchers and local media reported earlier this year on unsafe and unregulated mining associated with a rapidly expanding gold rush around Zamboye. “Artisanal mining has been practiced there for dec…
https://www.compuserve.com/news/world/story/0001/20260820/b4…

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Claim 2: “The disaster follows another deadly mine collapse near the Cameroonian border in June”

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Web search results explicitly mention a similar collapse in June at the Be-Mbari gold mining site on the Cameroon border.

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Claim 3: “the ground suddenly gives way at the Zamboye artisanal gold mine, engulfing people gathered nearby”

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Multiple independent sources (Euronews, LN24, Wikipedia) confirm a landslide/collapse at the Zamboye gold mine in the Central African Republic.

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Claim 4: “The Mines Ministry later gave a provisional official toll of 49, including 34 Central African nationals, 13 Cameroonians and two Chadians”

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Euronews reports the provisional official toll of 49, with the specific breakdown of nationalities (34 CAR, 13 Cameroonians, 2 Chadians).

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Claim 5: “Rescue workers were still searching for victims on 21 August”

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Euronews and LN24 both report that rescue and recovery operations were ongoing as of August 21.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On the afternoon of 18 August 2026, an open-pit gold mine operating in Zamboye near the Cameroon–Central African Republic border collapsed, causing a landslide that killed at least 49 people, injured …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Zamboye_mine_collapse

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web search NEUTRAL — Authorities in the Central African Republic have closed an artisanal gold mine near the Cameroon border after a landslide killed at least 49 people, according to the official toll. Local sources say t…
https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/21/central-african-republ…

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Claim 6: “Authorities have temporarily closed the mine and opened a judicial investigation into the cause of the collapse and possible breaches of mining regulations”

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Africanews reports that authorities closed the mine and barred access to the pit, and the context of the prosecutor's statements implies a judicial investigation.

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Claim 7: “Prosecutors in Baboua said several underground tunnels may have collapsed, causing the disaster”

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The Guardian and Euronews both report that prosecutors in Baboua attributed the disaster to the collapse of underground tunnels.

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web search NEUTRAL — The mine is in Nana-Mambéré prefecture, about 50 kilometres from Baboua near the Cameroonian border. Prosecutors in Baboua said several underground tunnels may have collapsed, causing the disaster.
https://www.aol.co.uk/articles/videos-show-deadly-landslide-…

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web search NEUTRAL — A gold mine collapse in the Central African Republic kills over 100 amid unsafe artisanal mining, poverty and weak regulation. Read the latest.
https://frontline.thehindu.com/news/central-african-republic…

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Claim 8: “Freddy Metchoubatchou was on site when the landslide struck on 18 August and filmed the collapse from close range”

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Euronews and YouTube reports confirm that videos filmed on August 18 show the landslide at the Zamboye site.

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web search NEUTRAL — New videos filmed at the Zamboye mining site on 18 August appears to show the moment a landslide swept through an artisanal gold mine in the Central African Republic, burying miners beneath earth and …
https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/08/21/new-videos-show-de…

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web search NEUTRAL — The 18 August 2026 gold mine landslide at the Zamboye (Zamboï) mining site in the Central African Republic.
https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/zamboye-1

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web search NEUTRAL — New videos show deadly landslide burying gold miners in Central African Republic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmJ6bHEMmII

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Claim 9: “Seven injured people were taken to hospital in Baboua”

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Africanews and other reports confirm that seven injured people were taken to a hospital in Baboua.

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web search NEUTRAL — Seven injured people were taken to a hospital in Baboua, about 50 kilometres from the mining site. Families search for missing miners. Despite the official toll, local sources say around 100 people ma…
https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/21/central-african-republ…

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web search NEUTRAL — Seven injured people were taken to hospital in the nearby town of Baboua, around 50 kilometres (30 miles) away. Security agencies guard mine. The mining site was closed and access to the pit barred on…
https://www.trtafrika.com/english/article/91c4fb194b45

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web search NEUTRAL — In June, a similar collapse killed several dozen at the Be-Mbari gold mining site, also on the Cameroon border. In mid-March, a landslide killed seven people at a mine in the village of Ngourroum, als…
https://www.brecorder.com/news/40435586

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Claim 10: “The mine is in Nana-Mambéré prefecture, about 50 kilometres from Baboua near the Cameroonian border”

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The location (Nana-Mambéré prefecture, 50km from Baboua, near Cameroon border) is confirmed by both Wikipedia and multiple news sources (LN24, Euronews).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zamboye is a cross-border locality located in Baboua sub-prefecture, Central African Republic, at the border with Cameroon. It is located on the riverbed of the Kadei River, which forms part of the bo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamboye

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web search NEUTRAL — The disaster occurred on Tuesday at the Zamboye gold-mining site in Nana-Mambéré prefecture, about 50 kilometres from the town of Baboua and close to the border with Cameroon.
https://ln24international.com/2026/08/20/over-100-dead-in-ce…

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