By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea junta leader Mamadi Doumbouya was inaugurated as interim president on Friday to oversee what regional powers hope will be a short transition to constitutional rule after the Sept. 5 overthrow of president Alpha Conde. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the Mohamed VI Palace in the capital Conakry with the marked absence of most West African heads of state, who agreed last month to impose sanctions on junta members and their relatives. West and Central Africa has seen four coups since last year - political upheaval that has intensified concerns about a slide towards military rule in a resource-rich but poverty-stricken region. Wearing military dress uniform, a red beret and wraparound sunglasses, Doumbouya held up a white-gloved hand as he took the oath of office. I fully appreciate the magnitude and immensity of the responsibilities entrusted to me, he said in a speech afterwards. He promised to oversee a transition that would include the dra
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LIMA (Reuters) - A bus in the Peruvian Andes reportedly transporting workers at MMG Ltd s Las Bambas copper mine plunged off a cliff on Friday, killing at least 15 injuring 3, local media reported, citing police sources. The accident happened in the Cotabambas province in Peru s Apurimac region, according to Peruvian radio RPP. China s MMG did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The sprawling Las Bambas mine, one of Peru s largest, lies between the province of Cotabambas and a neighboring one. Peru is the world s second copper producer. Accidents in which buses plunge off cliffs are not infrequent in Peru. The Andes mountain range traverses the length of the country, with winding roads overlooking tall cliffs. RPP reported that the bus fell some 200 meters (656 feet). (Reporting by Marcelo Rochabrun; Editing by Sandra Maler)
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Mining giant Rio Tinto is yet to pay compensation to the Aboriginal group whose ancient rock shelters it destroyed for an iron ore mine in Western Australia last year, company officials told a parliamentary inquiry Friday. The incident last year destroyed the historically and culturally significant site at Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region that showed evidence of human habitation 46,000 years ago into the last Ice Age. The destruction created public outrage that led to a dramatic overhaul of Rio s leadership and a review of the Australian laws that are supposed to protect significant sites of the world s oldest living culture. An interim report from a federal parliamentary inquiry in December said Rio should pay restitution to the Puuti Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura people (PKKP) with the final report and recommendations due in coming months. The head of Rio s Australian operations, Kellie Parker, told the inquiry on Friday the company was committed