The country’s small-scale gold mining sector has been booming in recent years, leading to a series of deadly accidents. A gold mine collapse in the Central African Republican village of Zamboye near the Cameroon border on Tuesday killed more than 100 people, an official at a local mining association said. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• The country’s small-scale gold mining sector has been booming in recent years, leading to a series of deadly accidents.S1

• A gold mine collapse in the Central African Republican village of Zamboye near the Cameroon border on Tuesday killed more than 100 people, an official at a local mining association said. A member of the local youth council said the death toll would likely rise...S2