By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Guinee7
The trial of more than 200 Guinean, Burkinabe, Malian and Togolese nationals opened on Tuesday 10 November before the Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Offences (CRIEF) in Conakry. They are being prosecuted for illegal mining, environmental degradation and water pollution, and those already heard acknowledge the facts, according to Guinee7.
Guinea's special prosecutor has opened an investigation into 466 district and neighbourhood council presidents in Siguiri, suspected of water pollution, environmental offences and corruption. The proceedings expand investigations already launched against 22 territorial administrators, according to Mosaiqueguinee.
🇬🇳 Guinea · Source: Mosaiqueguinee ·
The Guinean authorities arrested 1,263 people at illegal gold-mining sites in the Siguiri region, after the total ban that came into force on 2 November 2026. Guineans and nationals of six other countries are among those arrested and transferred to Conakry, according to RFI.
🇬🇳 Guinea · Source: Africaguinée ·
Guinean authorities arrested 149 new illegal gold miners on 7 and 8 November in Kérouané and Siguiri, bringing the total number of arrests since the start of the campaign to 1,412. The trial of the 1,263 people already arrested in Siguiri is due to begin on 10 November, according to the Guinean ministries of Defence and Security.
🇬🇳 Guinea · Source: Mosaiqueguinee ·
After Guinea banned artisanal gold mining by decree on 2 November, including in Siguiri, the Burkinabè newspaper Le Pays considers the measure legitimate given cyanide pollution and forest destruction, but criticises the lack of consultation with the authorities of neighbouring countries whose nationals are being expelled. Ivory Coast and Senegal have taken similar measures, according to the daily.
🇬🇳 Guinea · Source: Le Pays (Burkina Faso) ·
Simandou: journalists tour Morébaya port and rail corridorAbout fifty journalists and content creators visited the Morébaya port and the rail corridor of the Simandou mining project on 9 November 2026. Organised by the TransGuinean Company, the visit presented the transport of iron ore, according to Visionguinee.
In Mbacké, people with disabilities fear for their family security grantsPeople living with a disability, members of the Kiiraay party, criticised the stance of Pastef deputies on the amending finance bill in Mbacké. They fear that its blocking will deprive thousands of beneficiaries of family security grants, according to Dakaractu.The week in Africa
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