ahmed idris reports. >> mohammed has been working the mines for 17 years. he dropped out of school because he says his parents couldn't afford the expenses. but soon he may have to look for another job because the authorities are planning to crack down on illegal mining. and he is not amused. >> translator: this is my life. i can't do anything else. if anyone wants to take this job away from me must give me a home a decent wage and all the comforts of life. >> reporter: most of the gold prospecting may be small scale and crude but the turnover for people like him is huge. a good day can fetch hundreds of dollars. and those are the dollars the government also wants. for a long time enforcement against illegal mining has been weak. but not anymore. now the authorities want him and hundreds like him to pay taxes on his earnings. >> paying taxes, will actually get logged because the miners that are coming to zamfara given their own, actually there should be development in zampara. >> reporter: the federal government which has rights over natural resources like

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mohammed idris, al jazeera, eastern nigeria. >>> pope francis will spend four days in cuba before flying to washington, d.c. it's his first time visiting both nations as pope. and he's credited in helping bring about a thaw between the two rivals. lucia newman has more from havana. >> at havana's plaza of the revolution, the celestial sound of an orchestra and choir. rehearsing for pope francis's mass on sunday under the watchful gaze of revolutionary icon che guevara. predicting it will be marvelous. this is the third visit in 17 years by a pope to cuba. a disproportionately large amount considering the relatively small number of catholics in this country. but cuba's size is in inverse proportion to its political size in latin america. and regional politics is something the ague argentine poe clearly wants to play a role. expected to meet with farc rebel leaders while here in havana. >> translator: it is one of the most significant contributions to the peace process since the talks began so this papal visit while pastoral has a clear political context. >> reporter: pope francis already

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mohamed idris, al jazeera nigeria. >>> still ahead on the program we'll have all the sport, includingending u.s. open champion stay on course for another title win? and never mind sand castles, have a look at what the sand sculptors of san diego have been making. >>> time to get all the sports news, here is address. >> i thank you so much, barbara. the netherlands are in real danger of mission out on qualification for next year's european football championships. they have just been beaten 3-0 by turkey. their heaviest competitive defeat since back in 1996. well, after finish being third at last year's world cup the dutch have endured an awful euroqualifying campaign on thursday they lost to iceland and this latest loss leaves them down in fourth place in group-a. the top two will qualify for the finals in france automatically. while the third placed team will go in to a playoff. as it is, though, the dutch are in fourth and will have to rely on turkey dropping points in their last two gauges if they are to stay in with a chance. earlier latvia were beating by the czech republic. the c