Countries UN experts to contribute in Zambian lead poisoning case Johannesburg – A top South African court on Friday granted UN experts a role in proceedings against mining giant... Read more 26 Nov, 2022
Countries Deadly floods, landslides in eastern DRC Goma – Two days of flooding and landslides in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have claimed more than... Read more 20 Nov, 2022
Countries DRC town set to ‘disappear’ as mines expand Kolwezi – “We’re screwed,” said Alphonse Fwamba Mutombo, standing on a plot of rubble overlooking an open-cast cobalt mine... Read more 19 Nov, 2022
Countries DRC ex-presidential adviser on trial for corruption Kinshasa – A former adviser to the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) went on trial on... Read more 15 Nov, 2022
Countries Floods wash away salt industry and tourism at Senegal’s ‘Pink Lake’ Rufisque – Maguette Ndiour stands on the edge of Senegal’s Lake Retba, famous for its pink-hued waters, and points... Read more 3 Nov, 2022
Countries DRC’s faltering fight against illegal cobalt mines Shabara – Five thousand diggers pack tightly together at the bottom of a crater in southeastern DR Congo (DRC),... Read more 3 Nov, 2022
Countries 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
Countries 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
Countries 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
Countries 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