Post #262

War and Gold in Chad 🌐 In the northern regions of Chad (in Miski), the military is trying to push artisanal miners off the deposits, apparently to hand them over to someone else. 🔸Such situations have already become routine. Ever since gold was discovered in the area in 2012, it has been the object of constant conflicts between local militias, foreign fortune seekers, the Chadian army, and national rebel movements supported from across the border in Libya. ⏩ Formally, what the soldiers are doing in the video is part of a peace process launched in April 2025. The government promised local militias that it would stop extracting rents unilaterally and would consult with communities when issuing new licences. Given recent cooperation agreements with Haftar’s Libya on combating cross-border crime, the direction is clearly toward establishing state control over gold and probably bringing in some industrial miners. But for industrial mining to be safe, the interests of local communities must be taken into account in reality — not just on paper. Devils Below