Libya holds the largest foreign exchange and gold reserves in Africa, according to Global Firepower, followed by Algeria and ...

Miners in South Africa, who take risks by entering abandoned mines to search for leftover gold, had no option but to survive ...

The tragedy, which left South Africa divided, and left many illegal miners dead in its wake, unfolded last year after the ...

Illegal miners in South Africa's Buffelsfontein Gold Mine have resorted to cannibalism to survive after authorities cut off ...

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has dismissed allegations that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to protect the business ...

At least 78 were dead when 324 miners were taken out of the shaft following months of ordeal as stand-ff between miners the ...

An extensive operation by the Hawks and AFU has led to the seizure of 77 vehicles and valuable properties tied to an alleged ...

Conflict minerals include the likes of tantalum, which features in electronics across the world, and it's going to be ...

Fabien Galthie's in-form France start this year's Six Nations by hosting struggling Wales on Friday with the head coach fully ...

Small towns embedded in agricultural areas have grown significantly over the last decades, driven particularly by the effects ...

DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi insisted Wednesday that his troops were mounting a "vigorous" military response as ...

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.