[LUCAS NGASIKE/STANDARD] Tension gripped Naduat in Turkana County after residents took to the streets to protest the government's decision to shut down the Lomeguro gold mine. This decision ...

Across West Africa, mercury — a potent neurotoxin — remains the dominant method for extracting gold from ore in the region’s booming informal mining sector, much of it illegal and unregulated.

In Senegal's gold-rich Kedougou region, women and children face serious health risks from mercury exposure used in gold ...

Across West Africa, mercury — a potent neurotoxin — remains the dominant method for extracting gold from ore in the region’s booming informal mining sector, much of it illegal and unregulated.