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Gold over school: How poverty keeps Niger children in mining pits

Five years later, the teenager is no longer in school and spends his days looking for gold around Minna, a decision he says was forced on him by poverty and the need to support his family.

Gold over school: How poverty keeps Niger children in mining pits

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Five years later, the teenager is no longer in school and spends his days looking for gold around Minna, a decision he says was forced on him by poverty and the need to support his family.

For 15-year-old Musa, gold mining started when he was barely 10.

"I want to go back to school, but […] Gold over school:

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Five years later, the teenager is no longer in school and spends his days looking for gold around Minna, a decision he says was forced on him by poverty and the need to support his family. For 15-year-old Musa, gold mining started when he was barely 10. "I want to go back to school, but […] Gold over school:

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For 15-year-old Musa, gold mining started when he was barely 10. "I want to go back to school, but […] Gold over school:

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