A judge in Mali has placed Canadian mining company Barrick Gold under provisional administration in an ongoing dispute with ...

Deputy Director Mary Wareham and Laura Lodenius, Executive Director at Peace Union of Finland, discuss the grave ...

More than five months after a devastating mining tragedy in Stilfontein, the mass burial of dozens of unidentified illegal miners has ignited fierce debate over ethical, legal, and humanitarian ...

Critical human rights issues in 2024 included abusive border policies and denials of the rights of migrants and asylum seekers, expansion of sometimes deadly constraints on reproductive rights ...

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The latest version of OpenAI’s most intelligent AI model, o3-pro, outperforms previous models on benchmarks for math, science ...

President Donald Trump has cut aid to Africa and insulted one of its elder statesmen. Will that harm his search for rare ...

Despite global gains on combatting child labor, sub-Saharan Africa still has the highest number of underage workers, highlighting deeper challenges with the continent's fast-growing economies.

With the right reforms and a commitment to transparent governance, Kenya can break the cycle of illicit Gold trade that ...

Ivanhoe Mines said on Wednesday it had resumed underground mining in part of its Kakula copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo that had been closed due to seismic activity, but lowered output ...

Kore Potash secures $2.2 billion for Kola Project in Congo through non-binding term sheet agreement with OWI-RAMS, reducing ...