Loading ...Burkina Faso’s thriving gold mining sector has been rattled by a new wave of Islamist violence and sporadic outbreaks of interethnic conflict.
The industry has been booming in recent years – with Burkina Faso expecting to announce that 2018 was its most successful year for gold production – but could the latest outbreak of Islamic militancy prove an insurmountable challenge for the country’s resilient mining investors?