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Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over ...

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The Fulani’s ancestry links to North and West Africa, the Green Sahara period, and ancient Berber groups, shaped by migration ...

Barrick Gold's boss navigates African disputes, settling Mali's $438m tax row amid rising resource nationalism.