"Deadly clashes continue at African Barrick gold mine", 26 Aug 2014

Police have killed more villagers in clashes at a controversial Tanzanian gold mine owned by a Barrick Gold Corp. subsidiary, despite the company’s pledges to reduce the violence, researchers say...The researchers...say...as many as 10 people have been killed this year as a result of “excessive force” by police and security guards at the North Mara mine...A spokesman for African Barrick confirmed...that “fatalities” have occurred in clashes at the mine site...but declined to estimate how many...In 2011, African Barrick announced a series of steps to reduce the violence. It allocated $14-million for the construction of a...concrete wall...around the mine site...[and] hired a consulting company to instruct the Tanzanian police on “international standards” of human rights...[T]he police have also been accused of sexual assault...African Barrick revealed that it gave ...compensation to 14 women who were sexually assaulted...at the mine site...