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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of 3,300 army personnel to help combat illegal mining activities, Ramaphosa's office said in a statement on Thursday. The deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), which is expected to cost about 492 million rand ($26 million), is aimed at maintaining law and order under "Operation Prosper", Vincent Magwenya, Ramaphosa's spokesperson, said in the statement. The SANDF was previously deployed in 2019 to the Western Cape province to fight gang violence under the same operation.

Former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue, has been fined GH¢500 by the Human Rights Court for failing to decide on his case seeking to halt investigations and prosecution by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).

The Benue State government is to make a case to be considered for the thirteen percent derivative given to states with mineral deposits from the

A senior government geologist, known for her crackdown on illegal mining, was found murdered at her residence in Bengaluru. The police have detained her driver in connection with the murder. The victim was strangled and her throat was slit. The police are investigating possible motives, including her actions against illegal mining and a family dispute.

Environmental degradation and altered landscapes, both due to human action and climate change, increase the incidence of already known diseases and the risk of new zoonoses emerging