Guinea: Government Justifies Suspensions of Civil Servants in Connection with Gold Mining

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On 12 June, the government suspended the prefect, the sub-prefects and about 100 environmental officials in the Siguiri prefecture, in the north-eastern part of the country, where artisanal gold mines proliferated. On 16 June 2026, on national television, the government spokesman justified these suspensions by the non-application of the ban on certain machinery, which was particularly destructive of the environment, in the artisanal exploitation…