Residents of African Barrick’s North Mara mining district, backed by their MP, are threatening to close down the UK-listed company’s operations, if it fails to honour pledges to the community. In May, five people were shot dead by police safeguarding the mine, as hundreds of local farmers and workers allegedly invaded the mine site to steal gold.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11030.