Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

After months of negotiations, an agreement to settle the dispute between Mali’s ruling junta and Barrick Gold, the world’s ...

BAMAKO, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Forty-three people, mostly women, were killed after an artisanal gold mine collapsed in western Mali on Saturday ... across much of West Africa and has become more ...

It is the second major accident this year in the French-speaking West African country ... It says more than 2 million people, or more than 10% of Mali’s population, depend on the mining sector ...

Mali said on Wednesday it was suspending licenses for foreign artisanal gold mining companies after a series of fatal ...

Artisanal mining is common across much of western Africa and has risen in ... A similar accident in January 2024 left over 70 people dead. “Gold is by far Mali‘s most important export ...

A gold mine collapsed in eastern Mali, killing dozens of people and injuring many more ... accident this year in the French-speaking West African country, which is one of Africa's top three ...

More than 2 million people, or more than 10% of Mali’s population, depend on the mining sector for income, according to the U.S. Mali is one of the top three gold producing countries in Africa.