William Clowes

Mozambique’s coal mines including the country’s largest operation are laying off hundreds of workers following post-electoral violence and a slump in the price of the nation’s biggest export.

Violent protests following contested elections in October ‘made things worse' for miners.

Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo committed to drafting a peace agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict between the two countries in a ceremony at the US State Department Friday.

Gold sector sees flurry of deals amid record-breaking bullion rally. By Sybilla Gross and William Clowes, Bloomberg ·

Gold Fields Ltd. and AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. are suspending talks about combining two mines in Ghana, more than two years after they proposed the joint venture.

To allow each company to focus on improving their respective standalone operations, according to statements on Tuesday from Gold Fields and AngloGold.

Guinea’s transitional President General Mamadi Doumbouya instructed his government to withdraw permits and concessions from mining companies that don’t respect their legal commitments to the country.

Vedanta Resources Ltd.’s Zambian copper mining unit has hired Rand Merchant Bank to help raise as much as $1 billion in debt financing for the expansion of its operations in the country.

In the middle of a trade war, Congo is trying to woo Trump’s White House without risking critical investment from Beijing.

En medio de una guerra comercial global, el Congo intenta cortejar a la Casa Blanca de Trump sin arriesgar inversiones cruciales de Pekín.