The most shocking thing for Jonathan, who had endured six gruelling months living and working underground in an abandoned South African gold mine, was the abuse he witnessed being meted out to ...

Such conditions became more prevalent in the Victorian era, with children as young as four working long hours in production factories and mines. Even today around the world, more than one ...

With the war over, government's efforts to get them out of the mines and back into schools are proving to be painfully slow. No-one seems to know the exact number of children working at the diamond ...

NASARAWA, Nigeria — Dressed in a faded pink dress, 6-year-old Juliet Samaniya squats under scorching skies to chip at a jagged white rock with a stone tool. Dust coats her tiny hands and her ...

But it’s led to exploitation of children who are often poor and take work in small, illegal mines to support themselves and their families. The Associated Press recently traveled to the deep ...

which almost certainly employ child labor, and in some cases forced labor. Cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a booming industry that is putting a lot of citizens to work, as ...

The International Labour Organization estimates more than 1 million children work in mines and quarries worldwide, a problem particularly acute in Africa, where poverty, limited access to ...

Ibrahim said he knows that children are working at his mines and others he buys from, but he said many of the children are orphans or poor. “It is dangerous, but the work helps them survive ...

Ibrahim said he knows that children are working at his mines and others he buys from, but he said many of the children are orphans or poor. “It is dangerous, but the work helps them survive ...