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« Je ne pense pas pouvoir survivre une année de plus » : les enfants sacrifiés des mines d’or du Mali

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By Pius Adeleye Verified
| Jeune Afrique Verified
Dans une mine d’or artisanale, à Kalana, le 26 août 2012. © REUTERS/Joe Penney Lecture : 6 minutes. Fichier généré le Pour la première fois depuis un an, Sira, âgée de 15 ans, a franchi le seuil de sa maison en terre située à la périphérie de Sikasso, dans le sud du Mali, épuisée après un périple de 700 km depuis les mines de Kayes. Elle ne s’en est pas moins réjouie, ce jour-là, de voir l’étal de fortune tenu par sa sœur de 14 ans.
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Malian children at the heart of the gold rush

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By Pius Adeleye Verified
| The Africa Report Verified
An artisanal gold miner tosses a bucket of mudwater to clear the way for work on a small-scale gold mine in Kalana on 26 August 2012. © REUTERS/Joe Penney Published on June 30, 2026 at 06:52 am (GMT +1) For the first time in a year, 15-year-old Sira walked through the front door of her mud-built house on the outskirts of Sikasso in southern Mali in November 2025, exhausted after a 700km journey from the mines in Kayes. Investigation Mali Politics Politics news
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Where’s the beef? Inside Nigeria’s $8bn cattle economy

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By Pius Adeleye Verified
| The Africa Report Verified
Cows heading from a livestock market to the city centre on Lagos-Ibadan expressway in Lagos, Nigeria, 4 June 2025. © REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun Published on June 16, 2026 at 06:00 am (GMT +1) As dusk falls in Benue, north-central Nigeria, 16-year-old Adamu guides more than 160 cattle along a lonely rural road. The animals belong to a wealthy older relative living about 100km away. Adamu says he receives no wages.
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