Tanzania pledges to end child labor in gold mining

By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - The Tanzanian government said it was committed to stamping out child labor in small-scale gold mines after a U.S. rights group said thousands of minors were at risk from working in dangerous conditions. New York-based Human Rights Watch said children as young as eight years old were working in small mines in Tanzania, Africa's fourth-largest gold producer. They are at risk of injury from pit collapses and accidents with tools as well as of long-term health damage from exposure to mercury, breathing dust and carrying heavy loads, it said. ...



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