source: AIB (Burkina Faso); Undisclosed Source; Le Faso
actor1: Protesters (Burkina Faso)
actor2: N/A
location: Zandkom
notes: On 2 August 2021, several dozen residents demonstrated in the village of Zandkom (Sabse, Bam). The demonstrators disrupted work at the Bissa-Zandkom gold mine causing the mining company to suspend activities. The demonstrators demanded that the company deliver on promises to build basic social services infrastructure for displaced village residents. [size=several dozen]