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Diallo’s spring cleaning drive in the mining industry

The power behind the throne of Burkina Faso president Roch Marc Christian Kabore, the speaker in the country’s parliament, Salif Diallo, plans to put the mining sector under a microscope, and starting with the granting of concessions. Diallo has moved [...] (582 words)

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