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Why Africa's mineral-rich countries are not reaping the rewards of their wealth

Miners from Mali and Burkina Faso pull a bag of excavated rocks out of a gold pit in Bokodi on May 8, 2025. [AFP]

Gold mining operations recently restarted at the Loulo-Gounkoto complex in western Mali after being shut down for several months.

In January, the Malian government started blocking exports from the mine owned by Canada-based Barrick Mining (formerly called Barrick Gold).

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