A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were arrested in possession of ...

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from ...

The number of illegal miners who’ve died in a months-long standoff with the South African authorities increased to 51, the ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water ...

The police said that the operation will continue for several days, as it involves the use of a metal cage to recover men and ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what trade unions called a "horrific" crackdown on ...

The recoveries of bodies come months after the miners, who officials say were illegally mining, were first discovered and had ...

South African police have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where hundreds of illegal miners were trapped ...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mnatashe, visited the area yesterday, to monitor ...

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...