Algeria Moves to Restore the Death Penalty for Setting Forests Alight
Algeria death penalty for deliberate forest fires: Tebboune has given the justice minister until 15 September to amend the penal...
September 1, 2026Section
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Hichilema Is Sworn In With the Election Petition Still Unresolved
Hichilema second term starts on 1 September at Lusaka's National Heroes Stadium, after an election the opposition never petitioned in...
September 1, 2026
Ghana’s Gold Board Promises US$1.4 Billion of Dollars in September
Ghana gold foreign exchange earnings are targeted at US$1.4bn in September 2026, split between commercial banks and central bank reserves,...
September 1, 2026
Brazil and South Africa Talk Trade as US Tariffs Push Them Together
Brazil South Africa trade deepens after US tariffs hit both: bilateral trade was about US$2bn in 2025, with minerals and...
September 1, 2026
Washington Puts a US$7 Billion Number on Cameroon
Cameroon United States investment talks opened in Yaoundé around a US$7 billion pipeline, from a 1,080 MW dam to a...
September 1, 2026
KoBold Metals Just Got Its First Lithium Ground in Congo
KoBold Metals lithium Congo permits number seven, four in Manono, but the venture hinges on a dispute between Kinshasa and...
September 1, 2026
A South African Tailings Dam Collapsed. It Was Not on the Register
A South Africa tailings dam collapse at a Samancor chrome complex was reasonably foreseeable, the regulator found, and the dam...
September 1, 2026
A Platinum Approach in South Africa Could Lead the World
A South African platinum merger is in play after an approach to Northam, whose operating profit rose 293% and whose...
September 1, 2026
Zambia Charges Its Election Runner-Up With Treason
A Zambia treason charge now faces Brian Mundubile and 17 others, days before Hakainde Hichilema's inauguration and after the courts...
September 1, 2026
Data Miners Now Pay Ethiopia More for Power Than Its Own Utility Does
In Ethiopia electricity data miners paid 50.4bn birr last year against 46bn from the national utility, because their contracts settle...
September 1, 2026
The Kenya Pipeline IPO Cleared. Foreign Buyers Took 0.15% of Their Slice
The Kenya Pipeline IPO raised Sh112bn, but Uganda and 13 state pension funds supplied Sh95.8bn while foreigners bought Sh32.7m of...
September 1, 2026
Ceuta Photos Were Used to Invent a Moroccan Migration Wave in Brazil
A claimed wave of Moroccan migration to Brazil drew 13,400 mentions in a week. Official data show 57 Moroccan asylum...
September 1, 2026
Xi Jinping Lands in Cairo With a US$19 Billion Trade Gap Behind Him
The Xi Jinping Egypt visit runs from 30 August to 3 September, his first in ten years, with Chinese exports...
September 1, 2026
Ghana Gave Kente a Legal Address. Now It Has to Collect the Rent
The kente geographical indication is Ghana's first, following a UNESCO listing, and recorded kente exports jumped to US$38,901.83 in 2024...
September 1, 2026
Moody’s Cuts Senegal to Caa2 as Debt Nears 108% of GDP
The Senegal credit rating is now Caa2, after a Moody's downgrade citing public debt near 108% of GDP and interest...
September 1, 2026
Algeria Sends Fighter Jets to Niamey, Alongside Russia’s Africa Corps
Algerian fighter jets landed in Niamey on Sunday, four Su-30s and a tanker, a day after Niger's junta said it...
September 1, 2026
Brazil House Passes Move Brasil Loans for App and Taxi Drivers; Banks Barely Lending
Brazil’s Câmara approved up to R$30 billion in subsidized Move Brasil credit for app and taxi drivers, but only 11...
September 1, 2026
Flávio Bolsonaro Campaign Leads Last-Ditch Senate Fight to Stop 6×1 Workweek End
Flávio Bolsonaro campaign directs the Senate resistance to the 6x1 workweek amendment, betting on procedure as the PL concedes it...
September 1, 2026
Kenya Overtakes Nigeria as Africa’s Biggest Market for Deals
The Kenya M&A market jumped 670.5% to US$1.44bn in H1 2026 while Nigeria's fell 88.9% to US$105.8m, on new DealMakers...
September 1, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Tuesday, September 1, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for September 1: the G20 corridor in Asheville, oil repricing the Fed, and Canada's counter-tariff...
September 1, 2026