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Burkina Faso inapanga kufuta leseni za uchimbaji madini kutoka kwa baadhi ya makampuni ya kigeni na itatafuta kuzalisha dhahabu yake zaidi, alisema kiongozi wa junta Ibrahim Traore siku ya Jumamosi, bila kubainisha ni leseni zipi zinaweza kufutwa.
"Tunajua jinsi ya kuchimba dhahabu yetu na sielewi kwa nini tunawaruhusu makampuni ya kimataifa kuja na kuchimba," alisema Traore katika hotuba ya redio kuadhimisha miaka miwili tangu alipochukua madaraka kwa mapinduzi.
"Hakika, tutafuta leseni za uchimbaji madini," alisema. Hata hivyo, hakubainisha ni leseni zipi au kutoa maelezo zaidi.
Dhahabu ndiyo bidhaa kuu ya kuuza nje nchini humo, ambapo hasira kutokana na mgogoro wa usalama wa muda mrefu ilisaidia kuleta madarakani serikali ya kijeshi mwaka 2022. Tangu wakati huo, wamekatisha uhusiano wa muda mrefu na washirika wa Magharibi na kutafuta uhusiano wa karibu zaidi na Urusi.
Makampuni ya Endeavour Mining yaliyoorodheshwa London, West African Resources kutoka Australia, Nordgold ya Urusi, na Orezone Gold Corporation ya Canada yanafanya kazi nchini Burkina Faso.
Shughuli zimekuwa ngumu zaidi kutokana na kuongezeka kwa ukosefu wa usalama. Pamoja na serikali ya kijeshi kuahidi kudhibiti makundi yanayohusishwa na Al Qaeda na Islamic State, nchi hiyo ilikumbwa na ongezeko kubwa la mashambulizi mabaya mwaka 2023, ambapo zaidi ya watu 8,000 waliripotiwa kuuawa, kulingana na kundi la kufuatilia mizozo lenye makao Marekani, ACLED.
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Burkina Faso plans to withdraw mining permits from some foreign companies and will seek to produce more of its own gold, junta leader Ibrahim Traore said on Saturday, without specifying which permits could be cancelled.
"We know how to mine our gold and I don't understand why we're going to let multinationals come and mine it," Traore said in a radio address to mark two years since he seized power in a coup.
"In fact, we are going to withdraw mining permits," he said. He did not specify which permits or provide further detail.
Gold is the main export of the West African country, where frustration over a long-running security crisis helped bring the junta to power in 2022. Since then, it has severed longstanding ties with Western allies and sought closer relations with Russia.
London-listed Endeavour Mining, Australia-based West African Resources, Russia's Nordgold, and Canada's Orezone Gold Corporation operate in Burkina Faso.
Operations have been complicated by growing insecurity. Despite the junta promising to contain groups linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State, the country saw a severe escalation of deadly attacks in 2023, with more than 8,000 people reportedly killed, according to U.S.-based crisis-monitoring group ACLED.
"Tunajua jinsi ya kuchimba dhahabu yetu na sielewi kwa nini tunawaruhusu makampuni ya kimataifa kuja na kuchimba," alisema Traore katika hotuba ya redio kuadhimisha miaka miwili tangu alipochukua madaraka kwa mapinduzi.
"Hakika, tutafuta leseni za uchimbaji madini," alisema. Hata hivyo, hakubainisha ni leseni zipi au kutoa maelezo zaidi.
Dhahabu ndiyo bidhaa kuu ya kuuza nje nchini humo, ambapo hasira kutokana na mgogoro wa usalama wa muda mrefu ilisaidia kuleta madarakani serikali ya kijeshi mwaka 2022. Tangu wakati huo, wamekatisha uhusiano wa muda mrefu na washirika wa Magharibi na kutafuta uhusiano wa karibu zaidi na Urusi.
Makampuni ya Endeavour Mining yaliyoorodheshwa London, West African Resources kutoka Australia, Nordgold ya Urusi, na Orezone Gold Corporation ya Canada yanafanya kazi nchini Burkina Faso.
Shughuli zimekuwa ngumu zaidi kutokana na kuongezeka kwa ukosefu wa usalama. Pamoja na serikali ya kijeshi kuahidi kudhibiti makundi yanayohusishwa na Al Qaeda na Islamic State, nchi hiyo ilikumbwa na ongezeko kubwa la mashambulizi mabaya mwaka 2023, ambapo zaidi ya watu 8,000 waliripotiwa kuuawa, kulingana na kundi la kufuatilia mizozo lenye makao Marekani, ACLED.
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Burkina Faso plans to withdraw mining permits from some foreign companies and will seek to produce more of its own gold, junta leader Ibrahim Traore said on Saturday, without specifying which permits could be cancelled.
"We know how to mine our gold and I don't understand why we're going to let multinationals come and mine it," Traore said in a radio address to mark two years since he seized power in a coup.
"In fact, we are going to withdraw mining permits," he said. He did not specify which permits or provide further detail.
Gold is the main export of the West African country, where frustration over a long-running security crisis helped bring the junta to power in 2022. Since then, it has severed longstanding ties with Western allies and sought closer relations with Russia.
London-listed Endeavour Mining, Australia-based West African Resources, Russia's Nordgold, and Canada's Orezone Gold Corporation operate in Burkina Faso.
Operations have been complicated by growing insecurity. Despite the junta promising to contain groups linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State, the country saw a severe escalation of deadly attacks in 2023, with more than 8,000 people reportedly killed, according to U.S.-based crisis-monitoring group ACLED.
