Victory over Vedanta
Zambian farmers win ground-breaking legal victory in the UK.
mining
The ruins of a mining economy
The physical and psychic ruins of colonial mining practice in a small town in Liberia.
The Zambian farmers who are suing a mining company in a British court
In January 2019, a group of Zambian farmers brought their fight for justice to the UK Supreme Court, in a case with far-reaching implications for multinational companies.
Cobalt isn’t a conflict mineral
Policymakers need to properly assess the risks to ordinary Congolese people from expanding the “conflict minerals” category.
Sex, beer, and ndombolo
A Congolese writer whose work oscillates between gripping dystopia and humanist celebration.
Don’t believe the hype
South Africa's media, already lacking any serious labor reporting, have no interest in fairly reporting the strike by mine workers.
Mining the Body
What can the photographs of American anthropologist Danny Hoffman tell us about Sierra Leone and Liberian mineworkers or about mining in West Africa?