Mali: 6 deaths recorded among gold miners expelled from Guinea

It's an open secret. Thousands of West African gold miners were pushed back from Guinea to Mali last week. According to a recent report from the Crisis Coordination and Management Center (CECOGEC), approximately 100,000 people were counted in the Bamako district and 60,000 in Kourémalé as of November 7, 2026. Among them are the wounded. Six deaths have also been reported.

A reception site will be opened in Ouezzindougou

Faced with this exceptional influx of displaced persons, the Malian government has mobilized all ministerial departments to coordinate and conduct security operations, provide humanitarian assistance, and organize the return of these citizens to their respective countries. It has also decided to develop and secure a reception site for the displaced gold miners in Ouezzindougou.

A large number of buses and trucks were also mobilized to transport some 18,000 people to Burkina Faso between November 5 and 6, 2026. Boarding operations continued on Saturday, November 7.

Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maiga in Kourémalé

Yesterday, Sunday, November 8th, the Malian Prime Minister, Major General Abdoulaye Maiga, was in Kourémalé. On behalf of the President of the Transition, he expressed his congratulations to the Malian people for their hospitality and the solidarity they have shown towards these gold miners expelled from Guinea.

He recalled the depth of the relations of friendship and fraternity between Mali and Guinea, before highlighting the lack of consultation between the two countries during the operation to push back the gold miners towards Kourémalé.

Donations worth 7 million CFA francs were given to those who had been deported.

The Malian government, through the Ministry of Health and the Food Security Commission, provided the deportees with a significant quantity of rice, sugar, pasta, oil, medicine, and four oxen. These donations are valued at 7 million CFA francs. In addition to all this, Bamako has established a well-equipped advanced health post.