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Conflict● Elevated42m ago · Nov 14, 2026, 12:57 PM

In Guinea, after the expulsion of gold panners from Siguiri: "This city cannot hold without them"

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from France 24 [fr] · France · Sub-Saharan Africa

The decision, in early November, by Guinean authorities to ban "anarchic" gold panning in the Siguiri region led to the departure of tens of thousands of gold panners, largely to Mali, and sparked violence on November 11. While some welcome the initiative, to protect

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