Women protesters in G.Bissau torch Chinese-run mine

Bissau (AFP) April 20, 2025

Women protesters in Guinea-Bissau on Sunday attacked a Chinese-run site in the northwest of the country mining zircon, setting fire to equipment, the interior minister and witnesses told AFP. One protester told AFP they had acted after the authorities failed to act on their complaints that the activity was damaging their farms and ruining the local environment. Several women and a villa