Muslims are not big fans of pigs. Pork is prohibited by the Qur’an and pigs themselves are seen as disgusting and dirty creatures. In a town like Djibo, there is good reason for this – Christian-owned pigs spend a lot of their time wallowing in the open sewers at the side of the road. The [...]
On 29 July a truck full of cyanide heading to the Inata gold mine in the north of Burkina Faso overturned at Djibo dam. The Inata mine is owned 90% by British gold mining company Avocet and 10% by the government of Burkina Faso. Simon Cross, Keith Smith, Greg Valerio and others continue to call [...]
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OUTLAW, page 167: That extract was from my novel Outlaw, published almost three months before the cyanide spillage at Djibo reservoir en route to Inata gold mine. The gold mining industry is disappointingly predictable. Anyone got a water sprite costume you can lend me?
Yesterday afternoon local officials in Djibo talked on the radio about the recent cyanide spillage en route to Inata. The mayor and the vice-mayor visited the Voix du Soum radio station with three translators (French, Fulfulde, Moré) and they answered some probing questions about the cyanide accident. I have never heard the mayor of Djibo [...]
