Thomas Mariee's expedition down the Rokel River was an exercise in getting out of his comfort zone, one rapid and insect bite ...

This business case looks at the ethical and environmental issues associated with the traditional diamond industry ...

The latest was Mano Rivers Resources, a company founded by the Swiss national Guy Pas (also founder of Samax Gold) which discovered several diamond deposits ... after a visit to Sierra Leone three ...

Sierra Leone is extremely ... economic growth has been driven by mining - particularly iron ore. The country’s principal exports are iron ore, diamonds, and rutile, and the economy is vulnerable ...

Blockchain’s main use in mining is for supply chain management, with AI able to provide fresh insights into the movement of minerals. Credit: Masmikha/Shutterstock. Despite it being an emergent ...

Sierra Leone’s fast-track citizenship options aim to modernize its economic framework. The program directly empowers the local mining sector by funnelling proceeds from gold purchases to small-scale ...

78 bodies, 246 survivors pulled from mine Police blocked supplies of food and water for months Trade unions: state allowed miners 'to starve to death' Government calls illegal mining 'war on ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rescuers continued retrieving bodies Wednesday from an abandoned South African gold mine with hundreds more ...

Health authorities in Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency Monday after the country reported its second case of pox in less than four days. The health ministry said neither case had known ...

Sierra Leone was one of the countries hardest hit by Ebola, which ravaged west Africa a decade ago in an epidemic killing some 4,000 people, including nearly seven percent of health workers ...

Sierra Leone has declared a public health emergency after two cases of mpox were reported. The West African country’s health minister announced the move on Monday after the second case of the ...

The West African nation has detected two cases in less than four days, spurring health authorities to take action to limit the spread of the viral disease. Sierra Leone declared a state of ...