Ivory Coast gives itself six months to eradicate illegal gold mining
In the midst of a surge in the gold price, the West African state wants to curb tax losses but also dangerous practices from a health and environmental standpoint, particularly in the use of mercury. This informal economy is however a "vector of social peace" in deprived areas, whose land has been exhausted by intensive farming.
We haven't written up this one. Le Monde Economie has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
