Sahel strongmen dig in, seek control of mines

Sahel juntas -- Mali’s Assimi Goita, Niger’s Abdourahamane Tiani and Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traore -- are tightening controls in their mining sectors.

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Junta-led governments in the Sahel region are tightening controls in their mining sectors, seeking to upend what they call traditional exploitation by foreign firms.

But that has created uncertainty for foreign companies in the region.