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The incident occurred at an informal mine in West Kordofan State. Rescue efforts are being hampered by a lack of necessary equipment and machinery, with saviours attempting to reach victims more than 30 metres deep."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on rescue status"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Darfur24 reported that local sources indicated rescue efforts to recover victims have ceased. These sources also added that no official statistics are yet available regarding the actual number of victims. In contrast, other reports state that saviours are trying to reach victims and that rescue operations are hampered by a lack of machines."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated reports mentioned the incident. The centre-rated report did not mention that rescue operations are hampered by a lack of equipment and machines. 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