They set fire and destroyed the facilities managed by Chinese businessmen, women in Guinea-Bissau, angry with the environmental disasters caused by Zirconium mining, something known by the Interior Ministry and eyewitnesses. Many women and a local village leader were arrested after the episodes in the village of Nhikin, near the Valera resort, on the border with Senegal, the eyewitnesses said at the French Agency. Hundreds of demonstrators attacked the premises, the same sources said. The exploitation of the mine has passed by 2022 in the hands of Chinese individuals. “All the facilities were burned,” Interior Minister Botsce told reporters after visiting the site. “When the state is trying to find partners, no one has the right to destroy their property,” he added, obviously annoyed. The women “who vandalized the space (…) all left to hide in the woods. We need to identify and capture them. It is unacceptable to take such actions and then all to continue as if […]
Source: News Beast
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