Across West Africa, mercury — a potent neurotoxin — remains the dominant method for extracting gold from ore in the region’s ...

Uganda’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a third time in a row as heightened global risks muddy ...

Even the soil is no longer fertile.” Along the muddy banks of a rust-colored pond, dozens of women wade knee-deep as they rinse piles of sediment in search of gold. Children dart between mounds ...