Miners trapped for three weeks in Burkina Faso
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The wife of one of eight mineworkers trapped for three weeks in Burkina Faso speaks of her ordeal and trying to find out information about the rescue operation. Zambia reaches a deal with the mining giant Vedanta over a key copper mine. And the new novel taking up the story of indentured Indian labourers in 19th Century South Africa.
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