Burkina Faso offers training to gold miners expelled from Guinea
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on AIB
Burkinabè Minister Moumouni Zoungrana urged compatriots expelled from gold-mining sites in Guinea to train in agriculture, livestock farming and welding. The appeal came as they arrived in Bobo-Dioulasso after returning via Bamako, according to the Burkina Information Agency.
Burkinabè Minister of Secondary Education, Vocational and Technical Training Moumouni Zoungrana on Friday evening urged Burkinabè expelled from gold-mining sites in Guinea to take up training and apprenticeships offered in Burkina Faso. He notably cited agriculture, livestock farming and welding as fields in which the young people concerned could acquire skills, according to the Burkina Information Agency (AIB).
Moumouni Zoungrana was speaking in Bobo-Dioulasso as compatriots expelled from Guinea arrived from Bamako. Burkinabè Minister for Family and Solidarity Lieutenant-Colonel Passowendé Pélagie Kaboré announced the creation of committees responsible for receiving donations intended for returnees to ensure transparency in their collection and use.
The minister also said that 199 buses in five convoys were en route between Ouagadougou and Bamako to ensure the return of other Burkinabè nationals. She thanked the Malian authorities for their support in the return process, according to the AIB.
The scheme follows the arrival in Mali of more than 450 Burkinabè gold miners expelled from Guinea, announced on 4 November, and comes as the first Burkinabè gold miners expelled from Guinea returned to Burkina Faso on 7 November. More than 450 gold miners expelled from Guinea arrive in Mali First Burkinabè gold miners expelled from Guinea return
