More than 70 mine workers are feared dead in Tanzania after the area they were mining flooded following heavy rains.
The rescue effort, which has largely been left to colleagues of the trapped men, has been hampered by a lack of equipment.
From Mererani in northeastern Tanzania, Yvonne Ndege reports for Al Jazeera.
afrol News - Huge diamonds found in DRC : "A Canadian mineral exploration firm, Mexivada Mining Corp, has reported the discovery of two large diamonds in its 100% controlled Malambani Permis de Recherche concession, located near Mayoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mexivada described the first stone as a white, modified octahedron 7.5 milimetres in diameter while the second stone was a shiny 6 milimetre greenish-white coloured dodecahedral diamond. Each of them weighs 0.1 gram"