A special court in Guinea has sentenced the country’s former prime minister to five years in prison after finding him guilty of corruption and embezzlement of public funds.

Reparations are not only for slavery and colonialism, it's also for the Global North’s environmental legacy and their ...

A draft decree adopted by Niger's Council of Ministers grants Niger-owned Compagnie Minière de Recherche et d'Exploitation ...

The government has given a permit to a national company, Compagnie Miniere de l’Air (Cominair SA), to begin mining in the ...

The mineral mining industry is a key part of the economy of Niger. Minerals account for 40% of the country's exports.Niger is set to become a copper producer after awarding a permit to Compagnie ...

Niger on Sunday announced the imminent start of copper mining in its desert north as the country seeks to diversify its ...

Barrick Gold's boss navigates African disputes, settling Mali's $438m tax row amid rising resource nationalism.

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Sunday, inaugurated the newly elected local government chairmen and ...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over ...

At least 48 people–including several women and a child–died last Saturday in Western Mali. They were killed in a gold mine collapse, according to local sources which stressed that the search for ...

Mining is the process of adding and validating transaction records on the Bitcoin public blockchain ledger while securing uptime for the network. This is how the network persists without relying ...

Despite their citizens being among Africa’s poorest, Mali, Niger,and Burkina Faso boast mineral riches beyond the dreams of most nations. All three Sahel countries have sizable gold deposits, and ...