The authorities of the Boucle du Mouhoun, in the northwest of Burkina Faso, have ordered the closure of 43 gold mining sites for “security reasons”.
In an order dated February 27 and published Wednesday, regional governor Babo Pierre Bassinga listed the sites in 13 communes.
The Boucle du Mouhoun region, which borders Mali, is regularly hit by deadly attacks by jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda or the Islamic State.
