HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Reuters) - Elijah David traipsed the 55 km in plastic sandals from his home in Guadalcanal province to the only gold mine in Solomon Islands, hoping to find work that may transform his life and that of his South Pacific island nation, for better or perhaps worse.
It had taken a decade to rebuild the mine after warring tribespeople from another province, bent on maintaining an agrarian society in Solomon Islands, chased workers away with machetes and destroyed just about everything in sight.
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