CAR: China issues travel warning after gunmen kill 9 Chinese at gold mine
China’s embassy in the Central African Republic (CAR) has warned its citizens not to travel outside the capital, Bangui, a day after armed men killed […]
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Zimbabwe: Mining activities cause a classroom to collapse, 17 injured
A classroom collapsed Thursday in Zimbabwe, injuring at least 17 students, authorities said, blaming the accident on illegal mining activities. The elementary school in Kwekwe, […]
Ghana: Secretary of State for Finance sacked after corruption allegations
Unease in the Ghanaian government after the release on Monday, November 14 of a documentary targeting the former Secretary of State for Finance. In the […]
A dozen civilians killed in an attack on a gold mine in Burkina
At least 11 people were killed Saturday in an attack on an artisanal gold mine in northern Burkina Faso, two days after a similar attack […]
Death toll from gold mining explosion in Burkina Faso rises to 63
Sixty-three people were killed and almost as many injured in an explosion followed by a fire on Monday at a gold mining site in the […]
Ghana: 14 gold miners missing in collapsed pit
At least 14 people were missing and feared dead after an illegal gold mine in western Ghana collapsed on Tuesday, local media reported. Some 14 […]
South Africa: At least 100 rescued after mine collapse
About 115 people were trapped underground following a collapse at a gold mine in northeastern South Africa earlier on Friday. The accident happened in a […]