New analysis links UK imports to over 54,000 hectares of deforestation, as UK clarifies Northern Ireland deforestation trade ...

Where have over 2,000 tonnes of smuggled conflict coltan gone? These looted minerals come from mines in Rubaya in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which produce 15% of the world’s tantalum, ...

As the Russia-Ukraine conflict reaches its fourth anniversary, oil supermajors channelled record earnings into shareholder payouts while clean energy investment lagged, analysis reveals Five oil ...

More than 200 people have been killed in a landslide in one of Rubaya’s coltan mines in the country’s east, with rescue operations still ongoing days after the incident. The mines produce around 15% ...

The US first framed its illegal Venezuela attack as an operation to oust authoritarian Maduro as part of its war on drugs. But it didn’t take long for Trump to reveal a far more lucrative motive: ...

How nickel is mined In Surigao del Sur, nickel is extracted using open-pit strip methods, a process that involves denuding the mountain and stripping away the topsoil and rock. Heavy machinery scoops ...

Copper and cobalt mining in Kolwezi, DRC. Photo by Michel Lunanga/Getty Images Up to 6,500 people at risk of displacement by Lobito Corridor railway between Kolwezi and DRC’s Angolan border, Global ...

A farm in the village of Gbordoi, Bong County, Liberia, cleared in 2024. Rice has been planted while the farmer waits for cocoa to grow. Global Witness An investigation by Global Witness links some of ...

At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or disappeared* around the world last year defending their land, communities or the environment, a new report by Global Witness reveals. Today ...

A mine worker walks near the leaching pools near Pangwa (the Kachin Special Region 1), in Northern Myanmar, near the Chinese border in early 2024. Supplied by a Global Witness partner To reverse the ...

A man casts his ballot during the first round of the presidential elections on May 18, 2025 in Warsaw, Poland. Omar Marques / Getty Images With days to go before Poland’s presidential election runoff ...

A new Global Witness investigation indicates that international commodities trader Traxys has bought conflict coltan smuggled from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Rwanda The investigation ...