Violence in the African Sahel affects the mining food chain
The violence in the African Sahel has caused mine exploration companies to put their projects on hold, which is detrimental to an industry struggling to grow and to fragile local economies. At least 37 people died while 60 others were wounded last November when militants attacked a convoy of Semafo Inc employees, the deadliest attack to date on a mining company in the region. Islamist groups pushed south from their strongholds in northern Mali and attacked much of Burkina Faso and also parts of western Niger. As security costs…
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