Despite conflict in the DRC, Alphamin is about to post record earnings – and hopes to explore for another 50 years

The Mining Indaba highlights Africa’s role in critical minerals amid US-China tensions over rare earths

The US has taken the opportunity offered by the DRC peace deal to gain a foothold in the race to secure access to critical minerals

If Putin and Trump had a baby it might look like Rwanda’s Paul Kagame: a leader with imperialist ambitions and a tenuous relationship with the truth

South Africa’s defence force is top heavy, old, overly concerned with soft issues and pomp – and it’s costing soldiers their lives

SA’s influence in Africa will be seriously undermined if the government withdraws its soldiers from a peacekeeping force in the DRC