A Looming Battle for Uganda's Gold?

Mining in the country's Karamoja region could lead to human rights abuses and land disputes -- unless the government does more to protect the interests of the region's indigenous people, says a new report from Human Rights Watch.
  • Uganda:   The Looming Battle for Gold

    VOA, 10 March 2014

    Having lost their traditional herds, the local people of Karamoja, Uganda, increasingly turned to small-scale gold mining as a meager but fairly steady source of income. But with… Read more »

A man holds a piece of gold mined and processed in Zamfara State.

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