On Monday, authorities on site together with community rescue teams received a note from the illegal miners written in Zulu ...

Police officers escort community members to a mine shaft to negotiate with miners underground to resurface in Stilfontein on 13 November 2024. Picture: Emmanuel Croset / AFP A plan is in place to ...

The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on Amana, the largest organization involved in illegal settlement development in the ...

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has asked illegal miners to keep off Adamawa State, vowing that he will not fold his hands and let ...

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday lives should not be put at risk in a standoff between police and ...

The South African police intensified efforts to force hundreds of illegal gold miners holed in underground shafts to the ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa described the Stilfontein mine as a “crime scene”, on Monday, as he called for a peaceful resolution to the standoff at the disused mine shaft, where illegal miners are holed ...

A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners to allow emergency workers to gain access to a ...

Our investigation begins at the Trinité Medical Center, less than 20 kilometers, or 12 miles, from the city of Kolwezi, in ...

A court says emergency workers must be allowed to enter a mine where hundreds are thought to be without food and water.