Reportedly, the authorities adopted a hardline approach by cutting off the food and water supply of the illegal miners to ...

"Traditional financing of new ventures in the African mining sector has become increasingly challenging over the past decade," says Wildu du Plessis, a partner at Alchemy. “A variety of non-banking ...

African infrastructure and investment. Trade is increasingly seen as the anchor to alleviating poverty through cross-border economic exchange, especially in the mining sector, during this era of the ...

The Critical Minerals Africa Group (CMAG) ( the advocacy group seeking to foster deeper relations between Africa and global markets and put Africa at the heart of international discussions surrounding ...

In South Africa, more than thirty years after the end of apartheid, the lives of people who are black and poor are not counted as human lives. We are murdered with impunity and left to die with ...

The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.

Battle for control of central African nation fuelled by increasing demand for minerals crucial in manufacture of smartphones ...

A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...

Tuesday issued a directive to all individuals and entities involved in illegal mining (galamsey) in and near water bodies to ...

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 list the top universities in Africa with countries like South ...

Two survivors of a mining disaster in South Africa have claimed some of their colleagues 'resorted to cannibalism' in order ...

Paul Diamond's name has surfaced in whispers and headlines, tied to alleged financial scandals, secret deals and cross-border ...