Will Africa’s metals boom suffer the same curse as oil?
Moanda – Mechanical diggers are hard at work in the bleak landscape of the Moanda open-cast mine in Gabon,... Read more
26 Oct, 2022
Jihadist raid halts operations at Mozambique ruby mine
Maputo – London-listed ruby mining giant Gemfields said on Thursday it has ceased operations at a mine in northern... Read more
21 Oct, 2022
Gold mining threatens ‘forest giraffe’ in DRC
Kinshasa – Gold mining in a Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) national park is threatening the okapi, a stripy-legged... Read more
20 Oct, 2022
Surfers, miners fight over South Africa’s white beaches
Doringbaai – To those who live here, it’s like a little piece of heaven, boasting pink flamingos, white beaches... Read more
19 Oct, 2022
Main DRC-Zambia border crossing closed amid tensions
Lubumbashi – The main highway linking the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia was closed on Wednesday after days... Read more
6 Oct, 2022
WATCH | DRC presidential adviser resigns amid alleged graft scandal
Kinshasa – An adviser to the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo resigned on Friday after footage surfaced of... Read more
17 Sep, 2022
Burkina mine managers handed suspended sentences over deadly flooding
Ouagadougou – A Burkina court on Wednesday handed suspended sentences for manslaughter to two managers of a mine where eight... Read more
15 Sep, 2022
16 killed in DRC mine attack, local sources say
Bunia – An attack on a gold mining site killed 16 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s troubled... Read more
17 Aug, 2022
South Africans rally to mark Marikana massacre 10th anniversary
Marikana – Thousands of people gathered in the South African town of Marikana on Tuesday to mark a decade... Read more
16 Aug, 2022
Four dead in DRC mine attack, two Chinese missing
Bunia – Four people have been killed and two Chinese workers gone missing after soldiers and militiamen battled over... Read more
13 Aug, 2022
