By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
Illustrative image · Garba Bakura · Pexels · Licence PexelsAccording to Le Monde, hundreds of Chinese nationals operate Malian gold mines on a semi-industrial and often illegal basis. The Malian authorities are trying to break up this parallel system, which one witness describes as bribing everyone, from village chiefs to the top of the ministries.
About 160,000 people expelled from Guinea are in Mali, including 100,000 in the Bamako district and nearly 60,000 in Kouremalé, where six deaths have been recorded, according to CECOGEC. Malian authorities are organising the reception and return of nationals, with 3,430 people already repatriated using Malian and Burkinabè buses, according to the Malian government.
🇲🇱 Mali · Source: La Nouvelle Tribune ·
Malian Prime Minister General Abdoulaye Maïga said on Sunday 8 November 2026 in Kourémalé that Guinea's expulsion of nationals, after a ban on gold panning in Siguiri, had been decided without consultation with Bamako. More than 160,000 people from Guinea were recorded in Kourémalé and Bamako, according to Malian authorities.
🇲🇱 Mali · Source: Guinee360 ·
More than 8,000 people expelled from Guinea had been registered in Kouremalé, Mali, by 2 November after artisanal gold mining was suspended in Siguiri. Malian authorities are organising reception, assistance and the return of foreign nationals, while a Burkinabè delegation is to assess their needs, according to Bamada.net.
🇲🇱 Mali · Source: Bamada.net ·
A major influx of foreign nationals was reported on 4 November 2026 at the Mali-Guinea border, heading towards Bamako. CECOGEC attributed the movement to Guinea’s measures against illegal gold panning and said Malian authorities were organising the reception and return of those concerned.
🇲🇱 Mali · Source: Mali Actu ·
Mali awards commander’s insignia to Putin adviserTransitional President Assimi Goïta has elevated Russian Lieutenant General Andrei Averyanov, an adviser to Vladimir Putin, to the rank of commander of the National Order of Mali, following a meeting on the sidelines of the Bamex trade fair. According to the Malian presidency, the honour recognises his contribution to security and defence cooperation.
Illegal gold mining: 1,412 people arrested in Upper GuineaGuinean defence and security forces arrested 149 illegal gold miners on 7 and 8 November in Kérouané and Siguiri, bringing the total to 1,412 people. According to a joint communiqué from the ministries of Security and Defence, the 1,263 people arrested in Siguiri are to be tried from 10 November.The week in Africa
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