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Sixty killed in dynamite blast at gold mine in Burkina Faso
Dozens more are injured after sticks of dynamite in a market near the mine blew up, officials say.
About 60 people have died after an explosion at a makeshift gold mine in a village in south-west Burkina Faso, local officials say.
Qatar has revoked the licences of 12 recruitment bureaus in Kenya in a bid to shield migrant workers from poor working conditions in the Gulf state, reports say.
(Photo: A local resident describes the scenes of wreckage as horrific, according to the AFP news agency. Credit: Reuters)
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