Summary Whenever they want to do mining again, they should do it far from the people and not the way they did it this time. They should explain to everyone what the advantages and disadvantages are. People need to know what to expect. —Nagomba E., Mwabulambo, March 8, 2016 Nagomba E., 75, has lived all her life in Mwabulambo, a small rural community in northern Malawi. Like most women in the area, she works as a farmer to support her family—her husband and three grandchildren who survived their own parents—growing rice, maize, and cassava close to her home. In 2008, she was surprised to find strangers driving big trucks and carrying heavy machinery near her crop fields. They were workers of...
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