Chinese private security companies operate in at least 14 African countries, including Djibouti, Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya and Somalia, where Beijing’s…
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Despite a national crackdown on illegal gold mining in Ghana, the practice, locally known as “galamsey,” continues to contribute to…
Jean Bakomito Gambu, governor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s northeastern Haut-Uélé province, visited a gold mining site this…
Woodcarvers in China’s eastern city of Dongyang produce billions of dollars in expensive furniture every year, much of it made…
China is promoting its DeepSeek-R1 AI chatbot to African users, with some experts saying the system is a threat to…
Armies of excavators and dump trucks carving deep, terraced ruts into and around hills, mountainsides and waterways are a common…
Artisanal fishermen in Cameroon’s Douala-Edéa National Park are decrying Chinese trawlers that destroy their fishing gear, fish in prohibited zones,…
Donkeys are essential pack animals in many rural African communities. They are the quiet laborers that carry clean water and…
Jingjing Zhang is a lawyer and environmental activist who has fought Chinese companies that pollute for decades. Her work has…
Kenyans called it the “railway to nowhere” years before the phrase took on a literal meaning. Today, the end of…