Smoke rises over Khartoum, Sudan, in June 2023, as fighting between the SAF and the RSF continues.
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Hopes for a peaceful resolution are fading as the Sudan civil war blazes into a second year.
Jordanians being evacuated from Sudan amid fighting between two factions.
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Sudan’s location and natural resources have attracted international partners keen to benefit either geopolitically or economically.
Two trucks transport gold ore from Barrick Cowal Gold Mine in New South Wales, Australia.
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A gradual drawdown of gold mining is a critical step towards sustainability.
The Cerro Blanco mining site is located in Guatemala’s department of Jutiapa, which borders El Salvador and the Pacific ocean.
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Locals from Asunción Mita, Guatemala recently voted against the development of mining activities in their municipality, in a referendum contested by a Canadian mining company that owns a gold mine.
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The project threatens catastrophic harm to one of the world’s most important river systems, and the people who depend on it.
Francis Wilson: an academic who never fitted easily into any school of thought or belonged in anyone’s camp.
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He used his powerful research to promote social change for justice in South Africa.