Sources: BBC
Unknown gunmen attack a Chinese artisanal gold mine in Narena, Koulikoro Region, Mali, killing one Malian and two others from Ghana, and abducting two Chinese nationals. 2025-05-12
Nine Chinese nationals are killed and two others are injured when suspected rebels storm the Chinese-run Chimbolo gold mine in Ouaka, Central African Republic. 2023-03-19
Militants kill at least one soldier and one civilian in the Karma gold mine in Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso. 2022-06-9
At least 18 people are killed during the collapse of an artisanal gold mine in Dan Issa, Maradi Region. 2021-11-7
An outbreak is declared at a gold mine in Yukon after three people tested positive for COVID-19. 2021-06-6
Eleven of the miners who went missing two weeks ago in Qixia, Shandong, China, after the gold mine where they worked collapsed, are rescued alive. Another miner is found dead, while ten others are still missing. 2021-01-24
Erin Energy, a Texas company specialising in African offshore oil deposits with licences to explore off Nigeria, The Gambia, Ghana, and Kenya, files for bankruptcy protection. 2018-04-26
At least 19 people are killed as a gold mine collapses in Tanzania's Msalala district. 2015-04-18
A fire destroys one of Africa's most popular markets in Kumasi, Ghana. 2010-01-3