Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest geological formations, consisting of ancient, continental crust that has ...

Nowhere is the trend towards resource nationalism more advanced than in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the heart of Africa’s ...

How the Libyan conflict transformed human trafficking routes in West Africa, and why Europe’s response has so far failed.

An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be covered by the Sahara Desert.

ASX-listed West Wits Mining (WWI) has agreed a credit approved term sheet for a senior debt syndicated loan facility of up to ...

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

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

HANSIE Cronje remains the only South African senior cricket captain to have won an international competition of some sorts, ...

Discover the latest trends in M&A activity across Africa in 2024, as geopolitical uncertainties and high capital costs ...

M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled.

A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more, according to Malian television and officials in the Kéniéba district where the accident occurred. It is the ...