It is rumoured that the Kremlin could dispatch reinforcements to the Sahel to sustain its influence
Army clampdown has led to assaults and the property of legal miners being confiscated
The report by the Enhancing Africa’s Response to Transnational Organised Crime found that current enforcement and policy responses, which criminalise artisanal miners, “are misguided, counterproductive and ignore the poverty and socioeconomic drivers behind the phenomenon”
The government’s vision for mined land: farms, tourism and self-generation of electricity
Mining areas on the West Rand are ecologically dead because of poor rehabilitation