More than 8,000 Burkinabè gold miners expelled from Guinea

More than 8,000 Burkinabè gold miners have been expelled or turned back from Guinea, where artisanal and illegal mining was banned in several areas of the northeast. Burkina Faso’s Security Minister, Mahamadou Sana, denounced an operation carried out without advance notice or consultation with Ouagadougou, reporting inhumane treatment, injuries and deaths. The miners are being accommodated in Mali while awaiting their return to Burkina Faso, and are asking their government for help with reintegration.