UN reports 6,000 children forced into gold mining
· CHILD trafficking is on the rise in Mali as a result of conflict and the Covid19 pandemic which has closed schools with an estimated 6,000 children, mostly boys, working in eight gold mining sites, reported Reuters. "As a result of conflict and socioeconomic deterioration worsened by the pandemic, we are seeing some of the most egregious human rights violations in the Sahel," UN