By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Guinéenews
The trial of 22 territorial administrators from Siguiri opens on Wednesday 11 November 2026 before the Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Offences (CRIEF) in Guinea. The special prosecutor at the CRIEF announced it on Tuesday, during the hearing of the 202 gold miners arrested, according to Guinéenews.
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Twenty-two territorial administrators from Siguiri are on trial before the CRIEF, and artisanal gold mining has been banned in Siguiri, a ban on which Bamako declines to comment.
10 NovBamako declines to comment on gold mining ban in Siguiri10 NovMali deplores uncoordinated return of gold miners from Guinea
9 NovBamako hospitals treat 413 injured and sick people turned back from GuineaThe 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 · Source: Guinee7 ·
The trial of Prince Epenge, president of ADD Congo, opens on Wednesday 11 November before the Gombe peace court in Kinshasa. According to his lawyer, Me Clément Muza, he is charged only with spreading false news and faces up to three years in prison.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Actualité.cd ·
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 ·
The Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Offences has ordered the appearance of Guinea’s central bank governor, Karamo Kaba, and former deputy governor Abdoulaye Yéro Baldé in the case involving 3 tonnes 135 kg of gold. The prosecution wants to clarify the contract with Affinor and the legal dispute in Belgium, Guinéenews reports.
🇬🇳 Guinea · Source: Guinéenews ·
Malian ministerial delegation arrives in Conakry for Simandou Mining SummitA delegation from Mali, led by Mines Minister Amadou Keïta, arrived in Conakry on 10 November 2026 for the first Simandou Mining Summit, which opens on 11 November on Kassa Island. The visit comes as Guinea conducts an operation against illegal gold panning, which has led to the arrest of Malian nationals, according to Africaguinee.
Barrow files candidacy and promises constitution with term limitsGambian President Adama Barrow has filed his candidacy with the electoral commission for the 5 December presidential election. He promises a new constitution limiting presidential terms if his party, the NPP, wins the required majority in the National Assembly, according to Kerr Fatou.The week in Africa
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