Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...

Clearing huge tracts of land to plant one crop like maize has degraded land and put healthy food out of the reach of ordinary ...

Deaths of illegal miners reflects that country’s troubled circumstances and need for aid from Elon Musk and others.

Timkat marks the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan and is one of the most important religious festivals for Christians in ...

Inconsistent government and corporate climate strategies may see poorer regions left behind in the transition away from ...

A specialized camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer- (1.6-mile-) deep mineshaft in South Africa ...

South Africa's vital trade relationship with Mozambique remains stable despite recent political upheaval, with agricultural ...

Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their ...

In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...

South Africa has an estimated 6,000 abandoned mines. The South African government has taken a hard-line approach to the ...

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve ...