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Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein town, fearful to come out of hiding and face arrest by …

Authorities have blocked access to food and water to people underground in an attempt to force them out The South African government says it will not send help to hundreds …

Up to 4,000 illegal miners are estimated to be underground in an abandoned mine while South African authorities try to clear them out and arrest them. ADVERTISEMENT South African authorities …

On Sunday, two people were killed in an explosion at an airport attributed to the Baloch Liberation Army, a violent separatist group that has raised questions about whether Pakistan is …

Shamva, Zimbabwe – On a winter’s morning in Shamva, in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland Central province, Brenda, a single mother of three, is on the hunt for lithium ore. The 39-year-old, who …

Dozens of people missing after heavy rains brought mountainside cascading over remote village. Rescuers are battling to find dozens of people missing after a landslide buried buses and houses in …