Two Killed and Three Injured in Eastern Sudan Mine Collapse

GEDAREF, SUDAN — Two miners died and three were injured when an abandoned shaft collapsed at the Al-Shuhada mine in eastern Sudan's Gedaref state, Sudan Tribune reported on 25 October 2026, citing the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company.

Company says operations had been suspended

The company placed the collapse on Friday, 23 October. Sunday's report is the news development covered here; this article does not present the collapse as an event that first occurred on 25 October.

According to the company's account, people entered the shaft despite an official suspension of operations. That statement is attributed to the company and has not been independently established by HSEBlog. The report also relayed earlier warnings from the company's environment and safety administration against entering abandoned or suspended workings.

Technical cause remains unconfirmed

The available account did not include a detailed ground-failure investigation, the injured miners' subsequent medical condition or findings allocating legal responsibility. A closure order and an account of entry do not establish the full chain of events leading to collapse.

HSEBlog context: Access to abandoned workings and the status of suspended operations are relevant questions for investigators. These questions should be kept separate from conclusions about what physically failed. Our guides to mining accident prevention, mining safety management and emergency response planning provide wider background.

Source limitation

The casualty and closure information comes from Sudan Tribune's report of the mineral resources company's statement. No separate primary investigation report or independent confirmation of every detail was available in the reviewed material. The photograph carried by that source is an archive image and has not been reproduced as an image of this incident.

Catch-up coverage for 25 October 2026; published retrospectively on 26 October 2026. The featured image is an HSEBlog editorial illustration, not an actual-event photograph.