‘Before, the land sustained us’: Who benefits from Guinea’s bauxite wealth?
The country has vast reserves of the ore that is a source material for aluminum. But citizens still languish in poverty. JAUME PORTELL CANO & NURIA VILA COMA Mamadou Aliou walks through the small village of Bembou Silaty in northwestern Guinea carrying an irresolvable contradiction. The 38-year-old works in the environmental health and safety department […]
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