Why is it left to US NGOs to expose Australian mining's wrongdoing in Africa?

There are hundreds of Australian mining companies working in Africa, but just one full-time Australian journalist. What does that mean for accountability?

Australian miners are making a killing overseas. With little regulation or oversight, billions of dollars are being made in some of the most remote places on Earth.

The necessity of partnering with autocratic regimes has proved no impediment to investment. Human rights have been breached. Victims are largely invisible.