VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-19
“At this stage it’s difficult for us to establish a formal toll,”
Laurent Ngon Baba · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
Ngon Baba told AFP it was difficult to establish a formal death toll from the mine collapse.
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