Mines Minister Rufin Beltoungou said the government would formally suspend activity at the site in Zamboye until further notice following the disaster on Tuesday.

The death toll from a gold mine collapse in the Central African Republic has risen to over 100. A Red Cross volunteer involved in relief efforts confirmed the numbers on Wednesday.

More than 100 workers may have been killed in a landslide at an illegal mine near the Central African Republic's border with Cameroon, say authorities. More miners are trapped and…