Despite a national crackdown on illegal gold mining in Ghana, the practice, locally known as “galamsey,” continues to contribute to…
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Jean Bakomito Gambu, governor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s northeastern Haut-Uélé province, visited a gold mining site this…
Ghana has acknowledged that its fight against illegal gold mining, known as galamsey, is a matter of national security. Now…
Woodcarvers in China’s eastern city of Dongyang produce billions of dollars in expensive furniture every year, much of it made…
Armies of excavators and dump trucks carving deep, terraced ruts into and around hills, mountainsides and waterways are a common…
Jingjing Zhang is a lawyer and environmental activist who has fought Chinese companies that pollute for decades. Her work has…
In the northeastern corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chinese mining companies are exploiting government corruption, driving local…
Illegal mining in Nigeria has gained momentum and is fueling violence, especially in areas with high unemployment. Chinese nationals and…
More than seven months after a toxic waste spill at a Chinese-owned mine caused one of the worst environmental disasters…
Ghanaian authorities are promising to punish Chinese nationals involved in illegal gold mining as the government tries to reduce the…