Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Poverty forces Nigerian families into backyard mining



Across Africa, artisanal mining supports millions of families. The sector, however, remains largely unregulated, and highly dangerous, with thousands of deaths reported across the continent annually. For many of these Nigerian miners, and increasingly their children, there are few alternatives for survival.



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