[2] The mine is located 150 kilometres (93 mi) southwest of the city of Mwanza, a regional center.

[5] Bulyanhulu consists of an underground mine, a process plant, waste rock dumps, tailing containment, water management ponds, and associated facilities.

According to Amnesty International and the miners' union, police and Kahama employees ignored the injunction and continued evictions.

The police and Barrick Gold, the current owner of the site, deny that killings took place.

[7] A 2002 report by the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), based on a 2001 visit to the site, concluded that there was not evidence of murder.