Sudanese mother Awadya Ahmed has long wondered why her youngest child Talab was born blind and unable to walk; now she suspects the piles of poisonous waste left by gold miners. In recent years, a growing number of traditional miners have flocked to her village hoping to strike it rich.Continue Reading
A 35-year-old miner was killed in a quarry at Siburi village in the Karachuonyo constituency, Homa Bay county. Joseph Otieno died on Friday evening when he was mining stones in the Raroki quarry. It is reported that Otieno left home in the morning with intention of carving stones for sale.Continue Reading
Over 40 health and safety officers from various mining firms have began a five -day training programme to enhance and update their knowledge on modernFirst Aid procedures. Organised by the St. John AmbulanceGhana, the training programme targets at reviewingthe 11thedition of the First Aid Manualfor further education. The mining companiesContinue Reading
“Childcare is one less thing to worry about when I am inside that tunnel,” says 39-year-old Thacienne Nakabonye, pointing at the marked entrance of a Wolfram quarry on a hill overlooking a nearby steep valley. Nakabonye is one of the scores of miners who spend most of the daytime beneathContinue Reading
One person has been detained and an investigation opened to determine the cause of an explosion that killed scores of people at an informal gold miners market in Burkina Faso, a judicial source said on Tuesday. The blast happened on Monday in the rural commune of Gbomblora in the southwesternContinue Reading
Mining company, Newmont Ghana, has supported relief efforts for the victims of the explosion at Appiatse in the Western North Region with construction materials and consumables. The items, which included roofing sheets, iron rods, cement and food, were presented in response to the government’s call for support from the publicContinue Reading
