Stephen Davies

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

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

by Stephen Davies

Welcome to part two of my exposé of the recent cyanide spill at the Djibo dam. Here’s Part One if you missed it. Thank you to Simon Cross and Keith Smith for their excellent blog posts about this accident. Thanks also to those of you who have been tweeting and FBing your support. As you [...]

Published: August 19, 2011 | Filed Under: Gold mining, Photos | Tags: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :