Guinea banned artisanal mining and illegal traditional gold-panning in Siguiri prefecture, effective November 2, and Burkina Faso’s security minister said the expelled suffered inhuman and degrading treatment, with no advance warning to Ouagadougou.
The expulsion displaced about 160,000 people into Mali as of November 7 — 100,000 in Bamako and nearly 60,000 in Kourémalé, with six deaths at the border — and Mali’s transitional prime minister criticized the “uncoordinated” operation.
A tide of miners and families has poured into Mali since early this month.
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