Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners, resulting in close to 80 deaths.
In turn, President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera noted that the Central African Republic is interested in investments from Russia in agriculture and mineral resources minin ...
More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.
By Siyabonga Sishi and Nellie Peyton STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African rescuers were making final efforts ...
South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ...
South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation and believe they have brought out all the survivors ...
A total of 246 survivors were rescued in a court-ordered operation but were immediately arrested for illegal mining.
Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, ...
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...