Tag: gold
Gold, diamonds and drugs: Portuguese peacekeepers suspected of smuggling
Portuguese police have clamped down on a crime ring that allegedly involved the country's UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) using military...
In Burkina Faso gold mines, extremists seek power source
Extremist groups in the Sahel are eyeing gold mines as a way to pay for weapons, vehicles and other equipment required to launch deadly...
ISS: Going for gold in western Mali threatens human security
Uncontrolled artisanal gold mining in Kayes is damaging the environment and fuelling trafficking and local conflicts.
Mali’s artisanal gold mining sector regularly uses chemicals and...
Two suspects nabbed for illegally trading gold
Two suspects, aged between 25 and 38, are expected to appear before the Komatipoort Periodical Court today, after they were intercepted at the Lebombo...
Three caught with gold bars at OR Tambo International
Three suspects are expected to appear before the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court after they were caught smuggling 73.5 kg of gold at OR Tambo...
ISS: Organised crime threatens Uganda’s thriving gold trade
Gold has become one of Uganda's top exports, but multiple questions surround this glittering trade. On 20 February, Uganda celebrated a year...
Gunmen kill Nigerian gold miners
Gunmen killed more than 30 gold miners in a remote area of northern Nigeria, police said on Tuesday.
The attackers raided a camp...
SARS confiscates gold bars worth R3 million
Gold worth almost R3 million was confiscated at the King Shaka International Airport (KSIA) in KwaZulu-Natal, said the South African Revenue Service...
Rough diamonds, gold bust at Beitbridge
Rough diamonds and gold worth over R2 million was discovered by a customs' officials at the Beitbridge border post in Limpopo.
In a...
Why gold threatens Ivory Coast’s peace
Nestled among the cocoa plantations of western Ivory Coast is a gold mine that does not feature on any official maps. It...
Special Report: The Darfur conflict’s deadly gold rush
With its scrubland, unpaved roads and mud brick huts, the Jebel Amer area in Darfur, western Sudan, can look like a poor...
Sudan hopes gold rush will soften loss of southern oil
For Sudanese worker Mohamed Taher, hunting for gold with a metal detector in the Nubian desert is a way to end years...
Gold to flow from Congo’s cloud-capped hills
High in the hills of Congo's troubled northeast, a modern mine is ready to pour gold for the first time in five...
Russian investors open first Uganda gold refinery
Uganda on Tuesday opened its first gold refinery, hoping to tap into processing the precious metal from neighbouring producing countries.
The refinery, established...
