The African Forum on Mining is a biannual event organized by the AMDC to foster dialogue, collaboration, and knowledge sharing within the mining sector.

While the new Republic of China wanted to extend its claim to Tibet, the region was too remote for them to assert ... teamed up with Senegal in the 1980s to form the Senegambia Confederation, a soft ...

Wilde-Ramsing remarks, ‘A researcher at Helsinki, studying linguistics around Senegambia, where rice is still grown, contacted us. We’d ideally like our work to connect to West Africa ...

URUMQI, China—About a decade ago, some Western companies answered Beijing’s calls to invest in Xinjiang, an underdeveloped region in the country’s remote west. Some were drawn by the natural ...

The most common reaction to the NCAA men's tournament South Region's unveiling Sunday was probably "North Carolina?!? Really?!?" But once you get past the Tar Heels' surprising inclusion in this ...

Elsewhere in the South Region, a First Four meeting between No. 11 seeds North Carolina and San Diego State will create a difficult first-round matchup for No. 6 seed Ole Miss, which is back in ...

Auburn is the overall No. 1 seed, yet the path isn’t tailor-made for a Final Four run. The Tigers potentially must deal with eighth-seeded Louisville in its backyard of Lexington, Ky., in the ...

Here's why the lesser-known Catalan region of Lleida should be on your radar Taking in a large swathe of the Pyrenees, the Lleida region displays Catalonia at its most raw and rugged. Now, it's ...

UCLA, the No. 1 overall team in this year’s tournament, is eying its first-ever trip to the Final Four. Cori Close’s team has spent most of the season in the No. 1 spot after knocking out ...

At the core of this historical debate is the extent to which a country like Australia can – and does – have influence in the region and globally. Middle powers have different characteristics ...

Since the 1989 collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, many in the mostly ethnic Serb city and surrounding region have looked favorably on Russia and with hostility on an American-led order in ...