West Africa has been a renowned gold mining hub for centuries, dating back to the ancient Ghana empire, which earned its reputation as the “Land of Gold” because of its abundant reserves and ...

Despite its name, the old Empire of Ghana is not geographically, ethnically, or in any other way, related to modern Ghana. It lies about four hundred miles north west of modern Ghana. Ancient ...

Crews found evidence of ancient ... modern Sukari Mine. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that the remains of a 3,000-year-old gold processing ...

More than 40 people, mostly women, were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Mali on Saturday. The collapse occurred near Kéniéba, in Mali's western, gold-rich Kayes region.

Such cataclysmic price increases are often chalked up to climate change and swollen shoot disease. But there could be a more sinister contributing factor. Ghana’s illegal gold mining sector, locally ...