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BOUDA, BURKINA FASO - In Burkina Faso, many children who left school following threats by Islamic militants are working in the country’s informal gold mines, where they risk being harmed by accidents.
Here in Bouda, a dusty, noisy gold mine in northern Burkina Faso, miners eke out a meager living working in dangerous conditions and living in makeshift shelters.
Burkina Faso is Africa’s fifth largest gold producer, but between 700 and 1,000 of its mines are informal.
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