The didactic opening rooms of the exhibition are dominated by an impressive display of huge gold nuggets, the starting point ...

If urgent action isn’t taken, key cocoa-producing regions like Ivory Coast and Ghana — responsible for 60 percent of the world’s cocoa output — could become unsuitable for cultivation within the next ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: ...

Were you told that gold mining in southern Africa started after 1852? Or that the export of iron, steel, copper and gold ...