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(Nairobi) – Police in Tanzania guarding the North Mara Gold Mine have been linked to the killing of least six people and injury of several others during clashes since February 2024, Human Rights Watch ...

This background briefing surveys the types of landmines used in Ukraine since the full-scale Russian invasion began on February 24, 2022.[1] Antipersonnel mines explode by the presence, proximity, or ...

Lithium extraction may be a done deal for the Thacker Pass region of Northern Nevada, but not without persistent controversy among some Native Americans and environmentalists. In a new, 133-page ...