Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region—notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger—have put pressure on western ...

Mansa Musa was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire. His reign in the 14th century is often regarded as the height of Mali's ...

Harmony Gold on Friday said a worker had died at its Mponeng mine, the world's deepest, after a seismic event.

Madagascar just pulled off the unthinkable, going toe-to-toe with Russia, Iran, and China in the elite world of caviar. The ...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over ...

The African mining industry is an attractive destination for many global mining companies, but structuring deals on the continent is not ...

A gold mine has collapsed in the east of Mali, leaving a preliminary death toll of 42 and many injured, according to Malian ...

South Africa’s benchmark stock index headed for a record as investors overlooked a US aid freeze amid a rise in gold prices ...

Gold deposits were formed within west Africa's craton rocks during a major tectonic event, known as the Eburnean Orogeny, 2.2 billion to 2.08 billion years ago.

Gold is one of the resources at the heart of these tensions. West Africa has been a renowned gold mining hub for centuries, dating back to the ancient Ghana empire, which earned its reputation as ...