Guinea Expels Burkinabé Gold Miners, Draws Ougadougou's Fury
Burkina Faso is mobilizing about 100 buses as officials accuse Guinea of inhumane treatment during the crackdown.
- Guinea expelled more than 8,000 Burkinabé gold miners from the Siguiri district. Authorities deployed tactical teams to execute this crackdown, which forced the mass departure of foreign workers.
- This action followed a new directive targeting artisanal extraction in the country's north-east. Local units enforced the measure in the area, which serves as the nation's main hub for industry activities.
- Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said on Wednesday that citizens were subjected to "inhumane and degrading treatment." He alleged that miners were injured by gunfire and that the state received no prior notice.
- Repatriation efforts began yesterday, November 5, with about 100 buses mobilized to transport miners home. 50 of these vehicles are already en route to Mali, where many affected individuals are currently awaiting their return.
- Miners now hope for reintegration support from their country. "We have lost a great deal," said Abdoul Kaboré, one of the deportees, who is currently seeking help after the sudden removal from the region.
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Conakry ordered the ban on clandestine gold mining in Siguiri and expelled hundreds of West African goldsmiths, a security and environmental offensive that caused diplomatic tensions with Mali and Burkina Faso.
Guinea expels Burkinabé gold miners, draws Ougadougou's fury
More than 8,000 Burkinabé gold miners were forcibly expelled from Guinea-Conakry after authorities there imposed a ban on artisanal and illegal gold mining in several areas of the country's northeast
After the ban on artisanal gold mining by the Guinean authorities, Burkina Faso is organising the return of more of its nationals on Wednesday 4 November Burkina Faso
Thousands of Burkina Faso nationals working in the artisanal orifice sites in the Siguiri region of north-eastern Guinea are affected by a repatriation operation following measures taken by the Guinean authorities against clandestine mining. The operation, strongly criticized by Ouagadougou, has caused a significant displacement of workers ... Read more Guinea: thousands of Burkinabe affected by a repatriation operation after the dismantling of …
Conakry's decision to ban the anarchic ordeal in the Siguiri region is controversial. In an attempt to extinguish the "fire" and calm the minds, Guinean MP Abdoulaye Kourouma claims that this is a sovereign measure, not a targeting of Burkinabe. In a plea for Guinean sovereignty, the parliamentarian wanted to deconstruct the narrative of a community targeting, while praising the pan-Africanist commitment of President Mamadi Doumbouya.
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