January 26, 2021
Mozambique: As the Resource Bubble Bursts, Where Will the Rents Come From?
The "resource curse" occurs when global mining and gas companies share the surplus from resource extraction with a small local elite, and little reaches ordinary people. Economists… Read more »
November 24, 2020
Africa: Scheme to Stop 'Conflict Diamond' Sales Is Not Working - Report
The international scheme to prevent the sale of diamonds from funding violence and war appears to have become “increasingly dysfunctional and has lost credibility,”… Read more »
Africa: Coronavirus Pandemic Hurting Small-Scale Miners, Says Report
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit small-scale mining hard, slashing incomes, exposing miners to greater risks and even increasing the use of child labour, says a new report issued on… Read more »
Zimbabwe: How to Fix the Turmoil in Gold Mining Sector - Report
Expanding gold mining in Zimbabwe is key to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's plans to revitalise the country's economy, especially at a time when the price of the metal is soaring on… Read more »
July 10, 2020
South Africa: 'SLAPP' Suit to Define Legal Landscape in Environmental, Mining Cases Forever?
A South African court has heard the first part of a U.S. $1.3 million defamation suit that may have a profound impact on free speech in the country’s future. Read more »
July 03, 2020
Africa: Mining Companies Try to Slap Environmental Activists Down
African citizens and local community groups which campaign on environmental issues are increasingly being sued by corporations in what activists regard as attempts to silence them.… Read more »
September 27, 2019
Chad: Dozens Die in Landslide at Gold Mine - Report
A landslide at a gold mine in northwestern Chad has killed about 30 people, Reuters reports. Read more »
August 23, 2019
Zambia: What Govt Should Do to Clean Up Poisonous Soil, Dust in Kabwe
Thousands of children in Kabwe are developing lead poisoning because of growing up in contaminated neighborhoods due to exposure around a former lead and zinc mine. Twenty-five… Read more »
August 16, 2019
South Africa: No Love for Ramaphosa After Marikana Massacre Tweet
A tweet by Cyril Ramaphosa commemorating the seventh anniversary of the Marikana Massacre has elicited angry responses from users who slammed the President saying that he not only… Read more »
May 22, 2019
East Africa: Marine-Based 'Blue Economies' Offer Massive Potential
Developing ocean-based resources in areas such as fisheries, aquaculture, coastal tourism, transport and ports, mining and energy, could generate U.S. $20.8 billion a year for the… Read more »
November 28, 2018
South Africa: Zuma Sold Executive Power to Guptas - Former Mining Minister Ramatlhodi
Former mining minister Ngoako Leonard Ramatlhodi is testifying at the State Capture Inquiry lead by retired Judge Raymond Zondo. Read more »
November 22, 2018
Equatorial Guinea: American Company Will Lose Oil Contracts Over Local Laws - Minister
Equatorial Guinea's Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons, Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, has ordered all energy operators in the country to cancel all contracts with U.S. based oil… Read more »
September 21, 2018
South Africa: Ramaphosa Unveils $3.5 Billion Stimulus for Recession-Hit Economy
President Cyril Ramaphosa, who inherited a contracting economy from his scandal-ridden predecessor, today announced an economic stimulus and recovery plan for the country. The plan… Read more »
August 27, 2018
South Africa: How Mining Damages Communities and the Environment
The South African Human Rights Commission has released a scathing report on the damage mining in the country is posing to human rights. The conclusion paints a dark picture: "[T]he… Read more »
April 03, 2018
Malawi: Govt Should Keep Promises to Rural Residents, Protect Them From Mining
Provide Information, Protect Livelihoods When Mines Move In Read more »
March 19, 2018
Southern Africa: Will Ramaphosa's 'New Dawn' Ripple Across the Region?
The recent decision by South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa to make his first official tour of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region so soon after taking… Read more »
October 13, 2017
Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa Faces Challenging Economic Outlook - World Bank
Sub-Saharan Africa's economies are experiencing a modest recovery, with gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the region expected to rise to 2.4 percent in 2017 from 1.3 percent… Read more »
August 27, 2017
South Africa: Two Missing Gold Miners Died, Three Still Sought
Two of five miners trapped three kilometres underground after a seismic event in a South African gold mine have been recovered, but succumbed to their injuries. Read more »
June 25, 2015
South Africa: Report Into Killings of Miners at Marikana - FULL TEXT
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma tonight released the full report of the commission he appointed to investigate the events culminating in the police killings of 34 striking… Read more »
May 20, 2015
Angola: Power Fights Truth in Angola
If the world’s awareness about diamonds and their tarnished journey to the west has grown, it is, in part, because of the fierce and fearless work of journalists like the… Read more »
March 20, 2015
Ghana: AngloGold Ashanti Replies to Report On Retrenchments
AllAfrica has received the following letter from AngloGold Ashanti in response to a report on retrenchments at a mine in Ghana - The Editors Read more »
March 02, 2015
Africa: Degraded Ecosystems Threaten Africans' Welfare
African countries need to grow their economies to meet the needs of their people. However, this can only be done while ensuring that the productivity and viability of the… Read more »
February 11, 2015
Zimbabwe: Duration Gold Disputes Allegations in 'New Zimbabwe' story
AllAfrica has been informed by Duration Gold that our site published an article on the 7 February 2015 about the company which contained false allegations and which caused the… Read more »
December 17, 2014
Congo-Kinshasa: Leveraging Mobile Tech to Combat Conflict and Corruption
Rarely has so small a law stirred so much debate about so distant a conflict. Over the past several months, debate about legislation requiring companies to disclose any use of… Read more »
October 13, 2014
Botswana: Could Mining Help Conserve Okavango Delta?
Understandably, the mining industry is not perceived as a bastion of environmental preservation. That many of the world's minerals and hydrocarbons are found in pristine… Read more »