South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...

A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an almost 2.6-kilometer (1.6-mile) deep mineshaft in South ...

The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men ...

South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6 ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87, ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s president is facing calls to order an inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining but ended up leaving 87 miners to ...

The French territory of Mayotte was put on red alert Saturday as another cyclone headed toward the islands off Africa that ...