Clashes Between Chad Gold Miners Leave 100 Dead
Fighting between informal gold miners in a remote part of northern Chad has left around 100 people dead and 40 injured, the government says.
What began as a "mundane dispute between two individuals... degenerated",
Defence Minister Daoud Yaya Brahim told the AFP news agency.
The mountainous Kouri Bougoudi district near the Libyan border attracts miners from across Chad and its neighbours.
The clashes occurred last week but details are only emerging now.
Some groups have put the death toll higher than the authorities, and have blamed the security forces for a number of the deaths.
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