Mining manganese is making the poor poorer in northern Zambia
By Nebert Mulenga
(AUGUST 2010) – The discovery of vast mineral resources in
northern Zambia has unsettled the locals after explorers began
evicting them from the land they have occupied for years, to make way
for the new prestige projects.
northern Zambia has unsettled the locals after explorers began
evicting them from the land they have occupied for years, to make way
for the new prestige projects.
“Us who are poor are losing our land because of these mines. They
(investors) are chasing us from our own land,” says Peter Mwila, a resident
of Mansa town in Luapula Province, northern Zambia. Read full story…
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