Tensions are escalating in Mali because the military-led authorities has seized almost $245 million value of gold from the Canadian mining firm Barrick Gold. The gold was taken from a mining website within the far west, which has been on the centre of a long-standing dispute over unpaid taxes and mining contracts.
Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque experiences.
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