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  • Two people died in a clash between security forces and out-of-work gold miners who ransacked a town in eastern Guinea, a hospital director said Sunday. Trouble erupted Saturday in Kouroussa, 500 kilometres (300 miles) from the capital Conakry, where the protesting miners accuse the authorities of selling off their local workplace. "Two dead, it's confirmed. The bodies are here in the morgue," the town's hospital director Maurice Beavogui said, adding that an unknown number of people had also been hurt. For Manfila Keita, a spokesman for the demonstrators, the miners have little choice. "We are from here. We don't have anywhere else to go," he said. "We have no work. Our only income to meet our needs comes from this mine that the authorities have taken off us to sell to a company from Burkina Faso which is not even registered," he added. Another demonstrator, who asked not to be named, added: "It's a question of life or death. Our mine or Kouroussa is wiped off the map." The protesters "smashed everything, the prefect's residence, the mayor's and so many other buildings have been pillaged or vandalised," a security source in Kouroussa told AFP. "Stones have been thrown at many official vehicles and those belonging to individuals, some have been set ablaze. "It was total anarchy," he added. Prefect Souleymane Keita told AFP by telephone that a "precarious calm" had settled on the area Sunday. "I lost everything in a flash," the senior administrator said. "Everything has been taken, even the kitchen utensils. Nothing was spared. Today Kouroussa is like a ghost town." The prefect would not answer questions about the sale of the mine. The West African country boasts significant mineral resources from diamonds to gold, bauxite and iron ore, but many people face poverty, particularly in rural areas. bm/mrb/ayv/bp/gd
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  • Clash with gold miners leaves two dead in Guinea
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