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 One)

by Stephen Davies

When I was small, my mother told me not to run whilst carrying scissors. These days I rarely feel the need to run carrying scissors, but even if I wanted to I wouldn’t. Mother knows best. Dangerous items should be transported with due care. I cannot help thinking: if only the good people at AVOCET [...]

Published: August 18, 2011 | Filed Under: Gold mining, Photos | Tags: : : : : : : : : : : : : : :