Clashes in Guinea's Northeastern Gold Region Kill 10 Including Five Foreign Nationals After Artisanal Mining Ban, With 13 Injured
Guinea's Ministry of Territorial Administration said clashes in the northeastern gold-mining region of Siguiri on Wednesday killed 10 people, including five foreign nationals, and injured 13, in provisional figures.
The clashes followed a ban on artisanal gold mining in the Siguiri region that took effect on November 2, with artisanal mining activity around Siguiri becoming a focus of enforcement and confrontation.
After the ban was announced, large numbers of artisanal miners were already forced to leave Guinea: Mali said last week that about 100,000 people had arrived in the capital Bamako and about 60,000 in the border town of Kouremale.
Burkina Faso repatriated 45,406 of its citizens who had left because of the ban on Friday.
The Siguiri area in Guinea's northeast is one of the country's main gold-producing regions, where artisanal mining has long been a primary livelihood for local residents.
Source: Reuters
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Photo: 图：几内亚锡吉里地区卡尔塔矿坑的运矿卡车。Panoramio 供图，维基共享资源 CC BY-SA 3.0。 / Photo: A haul truck at the Karta Pit gold mine in Guinea's Siguiri region. Panoramio photo, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).
