Illegal Mining

Nigerian police are investigating the custody deaths of 37 illegal mining suspects, as officials cite disease while a survivor alleges suffocation.

Nigeria’s Mining Marshals have arrested over 600 illegal miners and recovered more than 100 sites since 2024, the NSCDC says, urging collaborative …

Niger State has arrested four Chinese nationals over alleged illegal mining in Lapai, part of a widening crackdown on unauthorised operations across …

KEY POINTS Illegal mining is increasingly linked to organised crime, violence, weapons, human trafficking and mineral theft. The activities cost South Africa …

Nigeria’s Mining Marshals have defended a 13-month closure of Stone Rockers’ Abuja quarry, calling it a crime scene tied to an ongoing …

Illegal mining is ravaging Johannesburg, collapsing roads, cracking buildings and fuelling gang violence as armed miners dig beneath South Africa’s economic hub.

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime has linked illegal mining in Nigeria to organised crime, terrorism and insecurity across West Africa.

KEY POINTS 14 suspected illegal miners were killed in a mine dump collapse near Rustenburg. Eight others were injured, with the injured …

Jema residents form task force to protect rivers and forests amid Ghana’s growing illegal mining and pollution crisis.

A UN report reveals that Congo’s rebel groups are making $300,000 a month from seized mining areas, exacerbating conflict and driving the …