Mathias Azonnoudo, a 50-year-old farmer in Benin, was taking a break sitting on a large pile of freshly picked cotton, which the government hopes will feed the country's nascent textile revolution.

Benin has long vied with Mali for the title of Africa’s largest cotton producer ... However, it now wants to process more of its “white gold” locally, to boost production and exports of 100 percent ...

High debt levels weigh on the US dollar and are gold-supportive. However, Trump’s tariff raises could be inflationary and ...

Gold’s monster upleg over this past year or so has proven remarkable, overcoming plenty of serious challenges.

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Barrick Gold will resume operations at its shuttered Loulo-Gounkoto mine in Mali once authorities in the country allow it to ...

BAMAKO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Mali's industrial gold production plunged 23% to 51 metric tons last year from 66.5 tons in 2023, the West African country's mines ministry said. A ministry document ...

Following a new assessment of Pakistan's Reko Diq project, its global gold reserves increased by 17.4 million ounces, or 23%. For comparison, its Malian gold reserves include 7.2 million ounces of ...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Thirteen artisanal miners, including women and three children, were killed in southwest Mali on Wednesday after a tunnel in which they were digging for gold flooded, the ...