Nasarawa, Nigeria, Feb 6, 2025 (AFP) - Nigeria's lithium mining Eldorado sparks concerns

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2025-02-06

At an open-cast mine, Abdullahi Ibrahim Danjija carefully chisels away at a hunk of whitish rock before stuffing a sack with the pieces which break off the walls. In the course of a day's work he manages to fill three 50-kilo bags which will net him 150,000 nairas ($100), or around double the monthly minimum wage in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation where more than one in two live below the poverty line. Three years ago the 31-year-old miner......

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