Niger’s hidden child miners: Thousands more at risk, CSO warns after Minna deaths

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In Niger, thousands of child miners face increasing risk after the deaths of 37 detainees in security custody brought attention to poor conditions in mining communities. Civil society organizations warn of the ongoing exploitation and call for protective measures for school-age children working in the pits.

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Long before the deaths of 37 detainees in the custody of the Nigwr state Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC in Minna drew national attention to the state’s mining communities, children as young as school age were already working the pits alongside adults, missing out on classrooms […] The post Niger’s hidden child miners: Thousands more at risk, CSO warns after Minna deaths appeared first on Vanguard News.