Around 100 Killed in Clashes Between Chad Artisanal Gold Miners Last Week: Government

Around 100 Killed in Clashes Between Chad Artisanal Gold Miners Last Week: Government
A map shows the location of the Kouri Bougoudi district in Chad, on May 30, 2022. Google Maps
Reuters
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N'DJAMENA—Around 100 people were killed in clashes between artisanal gold miners in north Chad on May 23 and May 24, Defence Minister Daoud Yaya Brahim said on Monday.

The violence broke out during the night at an informal gold mining site in the mountainous Kouri Bougoudi district, near the border with Libya.