Watch: Inside Nigeria’s backyard mining boom driven by poverty
The Hindu
Families in central Nigeria are digging deep mining shafts in their own backyards in search of minerals such as tin and columbite. In communities around Jos in Plateau state, the practice has spread as poverty and lack of jobs push residents into artisanal mining. This video looks at why backyard mining is spreading in Jos, the dangers involved, and how poverty is pushing families to dig for survival beneath their own homes.
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