SUBSCRIBE NOW

SIGHT

Be informed. Be challenged. Be inspired.

Guinea risks “conflict and confusion” with mining eviction policy

Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Civil society groups rejected Guinea’s first policy seeking to protect people displaced by mines and dams on Thursday, saying it would worsen poverty and conflict in the mineral-rich nation. Seven human rights and development organisations asked the government not to adopt the proposed national standards for relocating and compensating displaced communities, […]