Very serious event in Tolagnaro, Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar, on 20 October 2023: three members of LUSUD killed, several injured, many people arrested. Police fired live ammunition at demonstrators gathered at Maroamalona on the path leading to the Rio Tinto QMM site – Newsletter n°205 (ENG)

Last July, we received and shared news from local communities struggling against the impacts of the RIO TINTO QMM mining operation, which is exploitating mineralized sands to produce ilmenite and other minerals. It focused on : – the issuance of a search warrant by the gendarmerie against Eugène CHRETIEN and Laurent MANJARY, President and Secretary General of … Lire la suite