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 ...

JOHANNESBURG - Police are monitoring exit points as extraction efforts continue at the abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein, ...

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG - The standoff between illegal miners and authorities still continues at the Stillfontein shaft in the NorthWest ...

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

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

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 ...