West Africa Central Bank Holds Rates and Flags the Inflation Turn
The BCEAO held its main rate at 3.00% in Dakar on September 9 as WAEMU inflation turned positive, hitting 1.7%...
September 9, 2026Section
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Senegal PM Puts US$55 Million on the Kosmos Gas Exit in His First Policy Speech
Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo cited US$55 million in unexecuted obligations on the Yaakaar-Teranga gas licence in his first...
September 9, 2026
S&P Cuts Senegal to CC, Its Lowest Credit Rating in 26 Years
S&P cut Senegal's foreign-currency rating to CC on September 4, warning its planned debt restructuring will highly likely mean losses...
September 9, 2026
Morocco’s Election Campaign Becomes a Bidding War of Billion-Dollar Promises
MOROCCO · ELECTIONS Key Facts —The latest offer The Left Alliance, a coalition of two small socialist parties, launched a...
September 9, 2026
Gambia’s Barrow Declares Power Crisis a National Emergency After Blackout Protests
GAMBIA · SOCIETY Key Facts —The emergency President Adama Barrow has declared The Gambia's prolonged electricity crisis a national emergency...
September 9, 2026
Peter Obi’s Convoy Blocked by Youths on Benue Massacre Visit
NIGERIA · POLITICS Key Facts —What happened A group of youths blocked the convoy of Peter Obi, the Nigeria Democratic...
September 9, 2026
Bandits Kill at Least 10 and Abduct Dozens in Night Raid on Sokoto Village
is this: at least seven people, and possibly 10 or more, were killed; dozens were abducted; some have since been...
September 9, 2026
Dangote Refinery Signs IPO Papers, Unveils US$14.3 Billion Plan to Double Capacity
Dangote refinery IPO opens September 14 at N525 per share, funding a US4.3 billion expansion to 1.4 million barrels per...
September 9, 2026
Cameroon’s Maurice Kamto Quits as Leader of the MRC Opposition Party
CAMEROON · POLITICS Key Facts —The resignation Maurice Kamto, Cameroon’s best-known opposition figure, resigned on Monday, September 8, as national...
September 9, 2026
DR Congo’s Army Launches Airstrikes on M23 at the Masisi-Walikale Frontier
DR CONGO · SECURITY Key Facts —The strikes The Congolese army carried out airstrikes on Tuesday evening, September 8, against...
September 9, 2026
Tanzania’s First Gentleman, Hafidh Ameir Hassan, Is Laid to Rest in Zanzibar
TANZANIA · SOCIETY Key Facts —The loss Hafidh Ameir Hassan, the husband of President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Tanzania’s first-ever...
September 9, 2026
Aid Cuts Are Closing Sudan’s Clinics, and MSF Warns the Health System Is Near Collapse
SUDAN · HUMANITARIAN Key Facts —The warning Médecins Sans Frontières says Sudan’s health system is nearing collapse, as international funding...
September 9, 2026
Namibia Confirms US Pressure to Quit the International Criminal Court
NAMIBIA · GEOPOLITICS Key Facts —The confirmation Namibia’s Ministry of International Relations and Trade has confirmed receiving communication from the...
September 9, 2026
Botswana Could Join Angola’s Lobito Refinery as Shareholder at Any Moment
ANGOLA · ENERGY Key Facts —The signal President João Lourenço said Botswana may join the Lobito Refinery’s shareholder structure “at...
September 9, 2026
Drone Attack on Tripoli Fuel Depot Extends a Month of Strikes on Libya’s Oil Lifeline
LIBYA · ENERGY Key Facts —The latest strike A drone targeted the Brega fuel depot on Airport Road in Tripoli...
September 9, 2026
Car Bomb Kills Haftar’s Military Intelligence Chief in Benghazi
LIBYA · SECURITY Key Facts —What happened Major General Fawzi al-Mansouri, the military intelligence chief of Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National...
September 9, 2026
Over 100 al-Shabaab Fighters Trained in Yemen by the Houthis
SOMALIA · SECURITY Key Facts —The claim More than 100 al-Shabaab fighters have travelled to Yemen for instruction in drones,...
September 9, 2026
RSF Drone Strike on Sudan Courthouse Kills at Least 10 in North Kordofan
SUDAN · SECURITY Key Facts —What happened A drone strike blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) hit the...
September 9, 2026
Five Blocs in Khartoum: Quintet Envoys Open First Wartime Peace Talks in Sudan
SUDAN · DIPLOMACY Key Facts —What happened Envoys of the African Union, the East African bloc IGAD, the Arab League,...
September 9, 2026
Kiir Puts His 36-Year-Old Son in Charge of South Sudan’s Presidential Guard
SOUTH SUDAN · POLITICS Key Facts —What happened President Salva Kiir appointed his 36-year-old son, Major General Atem Salva Kiir,...
September 9, 2026