Riots have paralysed a major mining town in Guinea, with protesters destroying property, vehicles and equipment.
People in Boke, north-west Guinea, say they can no longer tolerate power cuts and high levels of pollution.
Operations at the bauxite mines have been disrupted and several rioters arrested.
The BBC’s Alhassan Sillah in Guinea says demosntrators tried to kidnap a senior general sent to help resolve the crisis.
About a third of the world’s bauxite reserves are in Guinea, but poverty remains high.
Much of the world’s aluminium comes from bauxite.
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