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Eight killed in gang attack on Burkina Faso gold miners   By AFP FEB 2, 2021 Around 1.5 million people work in unlicensed gold mines in Burkina Faso, according to the mining ministry. By Ahmed OUOBA (AFP/File) Eight people, including a teenage schoolboy, were killed during an armed robbery on an informal gold mine in southwestern Burkina Faso, security and judicial sources say. Robbers on Sunday evening attacked the site at Djikando, about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the town of Gaoua, a police officer told AFP late Monday. 'The gang opened fire -- first they shot in the air and then a...

Eight killed in gang attack on Burkina Faso gold miners AFP 2/2/2021 AFP © Ahmed OUOBA Around 1.5 million people work in unlicensed gold mines in Burkina Faso, according to the mining ministry Eight people, including a teenage schoolboy, were killed during an armed robbery on an informal gold mine in southwestern Burkina Faso, security and judicial sources say. Robbers on Sunday evening attacked the site at Djikando, about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the town of Gaoua, a police officer told AFP late Monday. “The gang opened fire -- first they shot in the air and then...