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To: Square_Dealings who wrote (75005)8/14/2001 10:26:27 PM
From: lorne  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 116762
 
Tanzanian mining conflict deepens
August 15 2001 at 01:02AM
" Zanzibar - This week's occupation by local miners of a gold mine operated by an Australian firm has underscored the increasing conflict foreign mining companies are having with local authorities in Tanzania, who accuse them of exploiting the country's wealth. "

" Earlier this week about 30 000 armed small-scale miners overpowered 80 policemen and occupied a disputed mine belonging to Afrika Mashariki Gold Mines. "
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