South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

Rights groups say the South African police cut off food and water supplies to starve the miners out, resulting in at least 87 ...

Our Correspondent Talwara, February 1 The Mining Department has cancelled the registration of 21 stone crushers in the district due to non-filing of monthly returns and alleged illegal mining. In this ...

Accra - Illegal mining has become a crippling burden on Ghana, wreaking havoc on the nation's water bodies, land, and even claiming lives. Despite repeated efforts by successive governments ...

A 19-year-old illegal miner, who appeared before the Tarkwa District Court One for stealing items worth GH¢802 has been sentenced to three months imprisonment in hard labour. Enock Buamah ...

The illegal gold miners had been trapped in the abandoned Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, 150km from Johannesburg. Survivors have spoken out about their desperate efforts to stay alive as they grew ...

The deaths came in a lengthy stand-off between police and illegal miners who make a risky living by trespassing in disused gold mines to eke out what is left of the deposits. In August ...

Minister Gwede Mantashe. Archive photo: GCIS/flickr. Illegal mining is waging war on the South African economy, with the illicit trade costing the country at least R60b in 2024. This is according ...

The Edo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested 15 suspected illegal gold miners in Egbetua Community, Ososo, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state.

Once estimated as 20,000 in the territory, hundreds of illegal miners still remain and may expand business at the slightest sign of the security forces withdrawing. See All Key Ideas “My people ...

Operatives of Auchi Area Command of the NSCDC at Ode forest site of the illegal gold mining arrested the suspects in Egbetua on Monday night following a tip-off. Acting on credible information ...