HARARE -- Six miners died and 15 others were trapped after a mine collapsed Friday morning in Chegutu District, Mashonaland West Province, a top government official has confirmed.

Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development Polite Kambamura told the state broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation on Friday night that a total of 34 miners were trapped after the collapse at Beyhose Mine, but 13 had managed to get out. (Zimbabwe-Mine Collapse-Casualty)

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HANOI -- Floods in Vietnam's northern and central regions from Sept. 26 to Sept. 28 killed nine people, left one person missing and injured 10 others, the country's National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Saturday.

The floods caused by heavy rain also damaged houses, roads, aquaculture ponds, and rice and other crops, as well as killed fowls and cattle. (Vietnam-Floods-Casualty)

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YAOUNDE -- A UN special representative said on Friday that efforts are being made to demarcate the disputed Cameroon-Nigeria maritime border over the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula peacefully.

"Good work" has been done for more than 20 years, and both countries are committed to bringing the process to a peaceful conclusion, Leonardo Santos Simao, the new special representative of the secretary-general and head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), told reporters in the Cameroonian capital of Yaounde after briefing Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Ngute. (Cameroon-Nigeria-Maritime Border Conflict) Enditem

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