‘It is time’:Summit agrees on global fund to compensate Africans for slavery

‘It is time’:Summit agrees on global fund to compensate Africans for slavery

Centuries after the end of the slave trade,people of African descent around the world continue “to be victims of systemic racial discrimination and racialised attacks”.

  • byFrancis Kokutse

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The environmental disaster inside your sweet chocolate treat

The environmental disaster inside your sweet chocolate treat

When you sit down to enjoy some chocolate,you should know that it has already gone through an environmental and ethical minefield.

  • byPaul Tullis andYinka Ibukun
‘A bunch of pirates who are here to loot’:New claims against Chinese miner
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‘A bunch of pirates who are here to loot’:New claims against Chinese miner

The Chinese miner at the centre of a $395 million lawsuit by an Australian company has been accused of trespassing on another miner’s land.

  • byEdward Adeti andEryk Bagshaw
Former Premier League player Christian Atsu found dead in quake rubble

Former Premier League player Christian Atsu found dead in quake rubble

The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria has now passed 43,000.

  • byGerald Imray
Switzerland edge Serbia in goalfest to reach last 16,Cameroon upset Brazil

Switzerland edge Serbia in goalfest to reach last 16,Cameroon upset Brazil

Switzerland reached the World Cup knockout round for the third successive tournament after prevailing 3-2 over Serbia.

Blood gold:Soldiers in Ghana kick residents out of homes near disputed China-owned mine

Blood gold:Soldiers in Ghana kick residents out of homes near disputed China-owned mine

Residents who had planned to organise a press conference this week to outline their concerns about the Shaanxi expansion have been arrested.

  • byEdward Adeti andEryk Bagshaw
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In Africa,tributes to the Queen are tempered by Britain’s bloody colonial past

In Africa,tributes to the Queen are tempered by Britain’s bloody colonial past

The death of the Queen has evoked memories among some Africans of oppression enforced in the name of the Crown and reignited demands for the return of the crown jewels.

  • byAbdi Latif Dahir,Lynsey Chutel andElian Peltier
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Inside the secret and deadly Chinese heist of millions in gold from an Australian mine

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Ghana to probe Australian mine theft,question Shaanxi officials

Ghana to probe Australian mine theft,question Shaanxi officials

Our Blood Gold year-long investigation has prompted the Ghanaian Minerals Commission to investigate corruption and murder allegations against a Chinese state-linked company.

  • byPeter Milne,Eryk Bagshaw andEdward Adeti
Australian minister to fly to Africa as local leader labels Chinese mine ‘bloodthirsty’

Australian minister to fly to Africa as local leader labels Chinese mine ‘bloodthirsty’

The deadly multimillion-dollar dispute between an Australian and a Chinese state-linked gold mine in Ghana is reaching a tipping point.

  • byEryk Bagshaw andEdward Adeti
‘No dumb luck punt’:Cassius boss defends gold mining investment in Ghana
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‘No dumb luck punt’:Cassius boss defends gold mining investment in Ghana

Cassius chief executive James Arkoudis has vowed the company will get justice for its shareholders in its $395 million dispute with a Chinese state-linked mine and the Ghanaian government.

  • byEryk Bagshaw