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@TitusSauerwein The turnout figure is problematic- they reduced the denominator of 7 million voters to 6 million to take into account the fact that a fifth of polling stations didn't open.

Update on the EU position: Côte d’Ivoire : Déclaration du Haut Représentant/Vice-Président Josep Borrell sur les résultats provisoires de l’élection présidentielle - European External Action Service europa.eu/!Uj74tW

While the world anxiously awaits the American elections, a new episode of uncertainty begins in Cote d'Ivoire: President Ouattara winning the illegitimate 3rd term (94,27% of the vote with 53,9% turnout), opposition boycotting the elections while announcing the

@estellelevin @a_jorns Let me send a quick email to explain based on interaction with LSM in CDI, Mali, Burkina. Am experimenting with Twitter and realize how being short and sweet not my strong suit!

@a_jorns @estellelevin Nice piece though such nuance wouldn't fly in many francophone legal contexts where all is forbidden unless allowed (despite joke that in practice all is allowed even if forbidden). LSM engagement with ASM often needs govt approval or blessing, so multi stakeholder outreach key

@svbockstael @BenediktDiamond ipisresearch.be/publication/ca…

@terahdejong @BenediktDiamond Is that data publicly available? Either as a dataset or in a narrative form?

@svbockstael Just checking out your report (Artisanal Diamond Mining: Perspectives and Challenges) and it has been extremely illuminating. How current would you say some sections are, especially the ones around earnings and supply chains? ^BS (this is on Page 66)

@svbockstael @BenediktDiamond land-links.org/wp-content/upl…

@svbockstael @BenediktDiamond CAR data from USAID is available but SL data from study funded by World Bank I worked on not yet approved by government. Not sure they will release but it's a great dataset (1600 miners) so hope they will. There is also IPIS dataset for gold and diamonds in CAR we funded

@svbockstael @BenediktDiamond Based on 2019 research in CAR and Sierra Leone, it's a bit higher. Sponsored diggers get between $1 and $1.50 for food money. Average share in winnings is between $1.20 and $2, up to $3.50 if not sponsored. Day laborers get between $3 and $3.50. Gold miners earn more, even women.

@BenediktDiamond The book dates from 2008, the report cited from 2004, so it’s not the most current info. And that data was impressionistic and illustrative. there is no methodologically rigourous quantitative data on ASM diamond earnings out there that is publicly available.

@DDI_Intl Nice! Where can one get a copy?