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 »
August 12, 2014
Africa: Why Are We So Poor? Yet We Are So Rich?
Briggs Bomba calls for domestic resources to be mobilized to bring about inclusive development in Africa, in particular by stopping the illicit flow of money out of the continent. Read more »
June 04, 2014
Africa: Panel Director Warns Against Economic Inequality
The Africa Progress Panel, an advocacy group which lobbies for equitable and sustainable development for Africa, was represented at the recent Africa Rising meeting in Mozambique… Read more »
June 02, 2014
Africa: Towards a Minerals-for-Manufacturing Approach to China
Alongside its rise as a dynamic global economy, China has become a key partner to sub-Saharan Africa. Read more »
March 26, 2014
Africa: Top Africa Think-Tank Pushes Reform - ECA's Carlos Lopes
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) drives Africa's political and economic agenda, along with the African Union – the 54-member organization of African… Read more »
January 27, 2014
Africa: Africans Struggle to See Oil, Mineral Revenues
A major new survey of African countries which depend on mining or oil revenues shows that six in 10 people have difficulty in finding out how their governments spend the proceeds… Read more »
January 22, 2014
South Africa: Fabled Mine Produces New Vivid Blue Diamond
A fabled mine near Pretoria has produced another rare blue diamond potentially worth millions of dollars. Read more »
September 12, 2013
South Africa: Gold Miner Feels Heat of U.S. Anti-Corruption Measures
A 125-year-old gold mining company established by the British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes is feeling the heat of United States anti-corruption measures over a scheme to allocate… Read more »
August 31, 2013
Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Peace Efforts Should Focus on Economics First
The clashes in the eastern Congo over the past week have once again brought into sharp focus the enduring conflict between the M23 rebels and the Congolese military as well as the… Read more »
August 28, 2013
Tanzania: Govt Fails to Enforce Child Labour Laws, Says HRW
Excerpts from the Human Rights Watch report, Toxic Toil - Child Labor and Mercury Exposure in Tanzania's Small-Scale Gold Mines published today: Read more »
Tanzania: Group Shines Spotlight On Mines Over Child Labour
Thousands of children, some as young as eight years old, are working in Tanzania's small-scale gold mines, exposed to numerous health risks, says a report published today. Read more »
Tanzania: Accounts From Tanzanian Child Miners
Quotes from child miners, collected by Human Rights Watch: Read more »
November 13, 2011
Africa: Stop Natural Resource Plunder - A Conversation with Paul Collier
Oxford economist Paul Collier's latest book, The Plundered Planet (Oxford University Press), is a call to action. It deplores the extraction of Africa's natural resources to… Read more »
September 30, 2011
Liberia: Nation Ships First Iron-Ore After Two Decades
A colorful ceremony commencing Liberia's first shipment of iron ore since of the end of the country's civil war took place on Tuesday in the southeastern port city of Buchanan. The… Read more »
