More then 16 Confirmed Death after mudslide at Gold Mine in Rivercess County, Liberia

Several people have been killed in Liberia in an accident at an abandoned gold mine, the West African country's mines minister said on Tuesday.

Minister Wilmot Paye said on Tuesday seven people died in Monday night's incident, but acknowledged the authorities could not yet provide an exact death toll until a team reached the site in River Cess County in south-central Liberia.