Deposits of gold large enough for exploitation is found in Niger. The exact location of the gold deposits are the neighboring areas between the Niger River and the border of Burkina Faso.
This discovery led to gold mining in that region by people.
Guinea<span>, </span><span>country of western </span>Africa<span>, located on the </span>Atlantic<span> coast. Three of </span>western Africa’s<span>major rivers—the </span>Gambia<span>, the </span>Niger<span>, and the </span>Sénégal<span>—rise in Guinea. Natural resources are plentiful: in addition to its hydroelectric potential, Guinea possesses a large portion of the world’s </span>bauxite<span> reserves and significant amounts of iron, </span>gold<span>, and diamonds. Nonetheless, the economy is largely based on subsistence agriculture</span>
This is a little tricky but if i had to say, the answer would be A ^-^ The Civil War still hadn't been that long ago, so people of different races still didn't have the same rights as the whites (hence segregation)