Illegal gold mining, known locally as “galamsey,” has spread across Ghana, driven by historic rises in global gold prices.

The narrative of criminality is dangerous. It dehumanises destitute people, who are forced into informal mining to escape ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

Illegal mining activities have been reported near Birpara village in the Chaygaon revenue circle, under the West Kamrup ...

The police have cut off food and water to miners for weeks in a bid to force them out of an abandoned mine. Human rights ...

South African authorities are embroiled in a standoff with an unconfirmed number of illegal miners who remain underground at ...

Coal mining company Liberty Coal has launched proceedings out of the Mpumalanga division of the High Court of South Africa against another mining entity, in relation to alleged illegal mining ...

ACCRA, Ghana — A surge in illegal mining that has reduced Ghana’s cocoa production, contaminated water supplies, and stoked food inflation looks set to be among the biggest challenges awaiting ...

The high court has asked the Punjab government to apprise why it was against the assessment of illegal mining in the rivers along the border with Pakistan by Survey of India. Punjab government had ...

South Africa's government says it will let thousands of illegal miners starve until they accept their fate and emerge from an ...