The Israeli businessman is accused of leveraging his friendship with former Congo President Joseph Kabila to secure lucrative mining deals.

Ghana, Africa’s second-largest gold producer, last week ordered large mining companies to sell 20% of the metal they refine to the central bank.

Industries from automobile manufacturing to oil and gas production are warning that Canada must invest more to match its largest trading partner.

The Alberta Energy Regulator projected capital spending on oil and gas to increase to C$17 billion this year, which would be a 56% increase over 2021.

Almost all major commodities traded higher following China’s move to reduce the time that travelers and close contacts of infected people must spend in quarantine.

The deal will be the first completed under a framework created by the Group of 20 major economies and the Paris Club in late 2020 to help poor countries weather the covid pandemic.