Ivory Coast becomes illegal gold mining hotspot
By AFP
04 September 2016 |
5:30 am
Ivory Coast has become a Mecca for people hoping to strike gold - albeit illegally - with workers flocking from neighbouring Guinea, Burkina Faso and Mali to dig deep in the country's rich, red soil.
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