A month on after a zinc mine was flooded in Burkina Faso, relatives of those trapped refuse to give up.
Loud Christian prayers ring out each day like a song as relatives of men trapped a month ago in a mine in Burkina Faso try desperately not to give up hope.
The relatives - made up of about 20 women - sit on mats and wooden chairs shuffling rosaries in their hands in an open area set up for them in the town of Réo, about 12km from the site of the mine. But gasping and sobbing could be heard - one woman cried so hard and for so long that she looked like she was going to vomit.But Edith Moné, a wife of one of the missing miners, tells me she will stay here with the other women, who act as a support group for each other.
Aisha Kinda, who is pregnant, told me that the women came to this field on 5 May - initially to protest and ask about the whereabouts of their husbands. Conditions have been difficult for the engineers trying to locate their missing colleagues, working in very humid conditions.While hope is focused on the rescue chambers, there has been no actual sign of life so far.
On Tuesday, the company said search crews would continue to work at maximum capacity until the missing individuals were found.
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