Virtually all banks are closed. Currency shortages abound. Staples prices have jumped. Now residents are finding themselves ...

RONALD MUSOKE | All actors in the supply chain of illicit mineral exports, from operators of the mines to end product users, ...

Artisanal mining often occurs close to an operating mine, even to access the same deposit. In many parts of Africa, illegal ...

A diamond industry activist has released a new video addressing the alleged ‘unspoken realities’ of mining in some of the world’s poorest countries.

Source: Foreigners Tighten Grip On Harare’s Retail Sector Foreign nationals from countries including Nigeria, Ghana, the ...

This article is authored by Ananya Raj Kakoti, scholar, international relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Having previously written two articles detailing the renewed strife in the Eastern Congo, I have admittedly not been too ...

Countries are seeking alternatives in Africa (notably the Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi), South ... human rights violations linked to artisanal mining in parts of the Global South.

On the ground, the rebels doubled the wages of artisanal ... mining sites to make sure minerals were only sold to authorized Congolese and Rwandan traders, it said. In December, last year, Congo ...

LYING at the heart of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rubaya stands as a striking paradox ... Many children, some as young as 10, are drawn into artisanal mining, exposed to ...