Gold mining, a major funding source for the war in Sudan, has spread into some of the country’s agricultural areas,…
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As China has expanded its investment in mineral mining projects on the continent, allegations of environmental and human rights abuses…
Sahel terrorists are targeting gold mines and surrounding communities in search of revenue, recruits and weaponry such as explosives. In…
ADF STAFF Piloting a drone, award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Edem Srem flies high above polluted waterways in his native…
Zimbabwean researcher Charles Moyo believes that Southern Africa is a region at a crossroads. While it enjoys peace and stability…
As the Democratic Republic of the Congo battles a stubborn Ebola outbreak, mistrust, violence and instability are hindering health officials’…
Instability has been a fixture in Central African Republic since at least 2004, when a three-year civil war engulfed the…
A complex war economy has emerged in Sudan that is depleting the country’s natural resources and fueling violence. Intense fighting…
With control of nearly 90% of Zimbabwe’s mining industry, Chinese companies are facing a new level of scrutiny, particularly in…
Illegal Chinese miners in Mali have increasingly come under attack from Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), a powerful coalition of Sahelian…