The practice takes place near homes and rivers. Researchers show large chunks of critically important forest are being ...

The Edo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested 15 suspects for allegedly engaging ...

Cabinet Secretary for Mining and Blue economy Ali Hassan Joho has warned foreign and large scale mining companies against ...

Breaking news.  Matabeleland South Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Dr Evelyn Ndlovu addresses ...

By Environment and Science Desk Accra, Jan. 29, GNA – Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have applauded the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) for its latest directive banning all ...

Once estimated as 20,000 in the territory, hundreds of illegal miners still remain and may expand business at the slightest ...

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate criticized the Uttar Pradesh government, blaming 'VIP culture' for a tragic stampede ...

Mr Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, on Tuesday warned Members of Parliament (MPs) that any involvement in illegal ...

With Donald Trump settling back into the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for ...

A lightning advance in Congo's mineral-rich eastern borderlands is set to boost the M23 rebellion's illegal mining revenues, ...

The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...