Peru's Congress removed Energy and Mines minister Romulo Mucho from his post on Tuesday as protesters from small-scale miners ...

Lawyers for Human Rights are contemplating going back to court to push for the provision of humanitarian relief for illegal ...

By Ruth Kamnitzer >Illegal mining inside the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...

Illegal gold mining, known locally as “galamsey,” has spread across Ghana this year, driven by a historic rise in global gold ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

When zama zamas go hungry deep underground in the abandoned mines where they illegally mine for gold, they sometimes resort ...

The Pretoria High Court has rejected an application by the Society for the Protection of our Constitution for the government ...

Police in the North West have retracted earlier claims that extortion attempts had hindered efforts to rescue illegal miners ...

Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South ...

Mahabubnagar: Illegal sand mining is reportedly continuing unchecked in Rakonda Vaagu, a vital water source connected to the ...

The police have cut off food and water to miners for weeks in a bid to force them out of an abandoned mine. Human rights ...

Agents worked side by side with other security forces to protect the Munduruku territory, home to over 9 thousand people, ...