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THE STORY
Fourou: when gold finances community development.
Located in the Kadiolo district, the rural commune of Fourou is home to the Syama gold mine, a major industrial…
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INTERVIEW
Boureima Cissé, Permanent Secretary of ITIE-Mali.
At a time when Mali is seeking to better translate its extractive revenues into tangible benefits for its territories, the…
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3 GOOD REASONS...
3 good reasons to involve local communities in the development of community development plans.
Bambara wisdom teaches us that one cannot comb someone’s hair in their absence. This maxim alone would almost suffice to…
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FROM HERE
National news in the mining and energy sectors.
Kourouba hydroelectric plant construction project: BOAD lends 15 billion CFA francs to Mali. The Government of Mali and the West…
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ELSEWHERE
Mining and energy news around the world.
DRC: 85% of diamonds come from artisanal mining. The Democratic Republic of Congo remains one of the world’s leading diamond…
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REPORT
Burkina Faso: Houndé, when the mining fund finances visible infrastructure.
Burkina Faso offers a useful point of comparison with Mali. Established by the 2015 Mining Code, the Local Development Mining…
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REPORT
Local development funds: a very contrasting distribution.
On March 12, 2026, in Koulouba, the President of the Transition presented giant checks to representatives of beneficiary local authorities…
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REPORT
Local and community development: the challenge of real impact behind the numbers.
Mining, energy, or industrial exploitation never settles on a neutral territory. Around a site, there are villages, ways of life,…
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MAGAZINE
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3 GOOD REASONS...
3 good reasons… To make technology a lever for resource sovereignty
Throughout the pages of this issue of POINT FOCUS, the question of the concrete means to ensure state sovereignty over…
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