Illegal mining in Nigeria is wreaking havoc on local communities and the agricultural industry. According to the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals, Nigeria loses approximately $9 billion annually…

Women play an unusually large role in Africa’s artisanal and small-scale mining sector, which employs nine-million Africans and supports some 54-million people, according to Nordic Africa Institute estimates, yet much…

In the dusty hills of Bikita district, where ancestral spirits once whispered through granite outcrops, the sound of explosions now marks a dangerous time. On August 16, 2025, three children…

Across Africa, two powerful trends are unfolding: rising levels of conflict and fragility, and a surge of investment in the extractive sector, driven by the global energy transition. These dynamics…

Where do the aluminium, cobalt, copper, gold, graphite, and tin in your phone, or if you’re lucky, your electric vehicle, come from? How was it produced? Who handled it? Did…

South Africa’s socio-economic challenges are well established: persistent unemployment, widening inequality, and a sluggish economy are converging to create a fiscal squeeze at the very moment when demand for social…