The workers have been trapped underground since the flooding began on April 16.

The workers have been trapped underground since the flooding began on April 16.
The Zambian leader, elected into office last August, says a salary was not his motivation for seeking public office.
Nelly Mutti, a lawyer based in Lusaka, was elected unopposed to replace Patrick Matibini.
Situmbeko Musokotwane faces the daunting task of pulling country out of a protracted debt crisis, prioritises IMF talks.
President Hakainde Hichilema has vowed to clean up Zambia’s many economic crises.
Zambia’s youth largely backed the new president-elect, and now they expect him to ease repression and economic crisis.
Scale of victory sparks celebrations and means there will be no second-round runoff.
Opposition candidate tallied 171,604 votes versus the 110,178 garnered by incumbent Edgar Lungu.
President Edgar Lungu and opposition’s Hakainde Hichilema face off for a third time in the knife-edge election.
Close race expected between Hichilema making his sixth run for the presidency and the current president, Lungu.
At least two people have been killed in pre-election violence in the Southern African country ahead of polls this month.
Local and international leaders join Zambian citizens in paying respects to country’s first president at state service.
Countries pay respects to Zambia’s late founding father, revered for helping in the fight against colonialism.
Kaunda, who ruled Zambia from 1964 to 1991, died at a hospital in Lusaka where he was being treated for pneumonia.