Official Reaction
On the issue of resettlement of displaced villagers, Minister of Mineral Resources Alhaji Abubakarr Jalloh said the "company is relatively slow in building the resettlement". Minister Jalloh also sought for the miners to leave the area. President Koroma temporarily halted diamond mining across the country as a result of the incident.
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