Stephen Davies

I am a children's author writing picture books, chapter books and teen novels. My books are set in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, on the edge of the Sahara Desert. I have lived in Africa for more than ten years, working with World Horizons amongst Fulani cattle herders. Welcome to my site.

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Cyanide accident at Djibo dam in Burkina Faso: will the gold mines kill us before they save us? (Part 3)

by Stephen Davies

On 29 July 2011 a truck carrying 40 tonnes of cyanide heading for the Inata gold mine overturned at Djibo dam. Some of the cyanide got out. The only casualties so far have been fish, but my burning question is this: could it happen again? If Avocet Mining (London), Samsung (Korea) and Vehrad (Ghana) do [...]

Published: August 20, 2011 | Filed Under: Gold mining | Tags: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :

Severe Unrest in Ouagadougou

by Stephen Davies

So it seems I have chosen a bad time to visit Ouagadougou. On Thursday there were huge demonstrations against rising food prices – “la vie chère”. On Friday the military ran amok, shooting in the air, looting and carjacking. On Saturday, shopkeepers were on the streets, demonstrating against the pillaging and the collapse of their [...]

Published: April 17, 2011 | Filed Under: Uncategorized | Tags: : : : : : : : : : : : :
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