Namina Jenneh is mourning her 17-year-old son who died while mining for gold [Andre Lombard / BBC] There is a sense of disbelief in this Sierra Leonean village as people weep in front of the bodies of ...

A decade after Brazil’s 2015 Fundão dam collapse, research shows bananas grown near the Doce River estuary may contain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sources say the mine, currently under rebel control, has been poorly maintained [Hassan Lali / BBC] More than 200 people have been ...

FILE - Miners work at the D4 Gakombe coltan mining quarry in Rubaya, Congo, May 9, 2025. GOMA, Congo (AP) — A landslide earlier this week collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in ...

The deceased were identified as Saul Namanya, 35, Julius Mujurizi, 45, Sansio Twijukye, 32, Stuart Akanyamba Kokyenga, 16, ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — After a landslide last week killed at least 200 people in eastern Congo at a rebel-controlled coltan mine, families of the deceased and survivors are mourning their lost loved ones, ...

Researchers from universities in Brazil and Spain tested bananas, cassava and cocoa pulp grown in soil affected by the ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 200 people were killed earlier this week when a landslide collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, rebel authorities said Saturday. The ...

Rampant sand mining in the Mekong River is directly weakening critical seasonal river flows that sustain Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, new research indicates. The Mekong’s annual wet ...