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At least 10 people have been killed in a crackdown on gold mining in Guinea, Al Jazeera reports. The unrest follows a ban on artisanal mining in Siguiri in early November, which triggered a mass exodus.
Guinea's Siguiri region is a center of artisanal gold mining, which authorities say causes environmental degradation. The government has moved to ban small-scale mining there, putting it at odds with the miners who depend on it for their livelihoods.
At least 10 people were killed in Guinea in a crackdown on gold mining, Al Jazeera reports. Guinea banned artisanal gold mining in Siguiri in early November over environmental degradation, which caused a mass exodus.