Arabica Coffee Hits One-Month High
Arabica coffee futures settled at US$3.157 a pound on 19 October, a one-month high, as Brazil's real firmed and ICE...
October 19, 2026Section
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Brazil Stocks Slip as Petrobras Falls 2.8%
Brazil's main stock index fell 0.17% to 205,079 on 19 October as Petrobras lost 2.8% and Azzas jumped 13%, six...
October 19, 2026
Lagos Otedola Bridge Tanker Fire Injures Two
Otedola Bridge tanker fire in Lagos: a fuel tanker fell into the underpass on 19 October 2026. FRSC says two...
October 19, 2026
Lula Offers to Open Bank Records to Court
Lula says he will let courts open his bank and phone records on 19 October and dares Flávio Bolsonaro to...
October 19, 2026
Putin Calls Algeria a Close Ally on 15 Oct
Putin calls Algeria one of Russia's close friends and allies, in remarks of 15 October that Algeria's TSA site reported...
October 19, 2026
South Africa Plans for US AGOA Loss 19 Oct
AGOA loss: President Ramaphosa said on Monday 19 October he must prepare the country if US duty-free access ends, which...
October 19, 2026
Colombia Army Black Hawk Crashes in Cauca
Colombia Black Hawk crash in Cauca: all 19 aboard survived, the Army says. What we know, what is not known...
October 19, 2026
Brazil Shifts US$4 Billion in Next Budget
Brazil's planning ministry will move R$20 billion (US$4.0 billion) in 2027 spending, about 1% of the cap, and says the...
October 19, 2026
Sudan Drone Strike Kills 100+ in Kordofan
A Sudan drone strike on Al-Dabab in West Kordofan on Sunday 18 October killed more than 100 people, local groups...
October 19, 2026
Mali Air Strikes Killed 89 Civilians
Mali air strikes by the army and Russia's Africa Corps killed 89 civilians from April to August, Human Rights Watch...
October 19, 2026
Botswana Backs China on Taiwan on 13 Oct
Botswana backs China on Taiwan after President Boko met Xi Jinping on 13 October, lifting ties to a strategic partnership...
October 19, 2026
Senate Delays Security Bill Past Runoff
Senate chief Davi Alcolumbre tends to delay a security amendment past Brazil's 25 October runoff as Lula's party splits over...
October 19, 2026
Egypt Advances Russian Suez Zone on 19 Oct
President Sisi and the foreign minister met Russia's BRICS envoy on 19 October to speed up the Russian Suez zone,...
October 19, 2026
DR Congo Ebola Province Caps Burials at 20
DR Congo Ebola rules for North Kivu were announced on Monday 19 October: no concerts or rallies, limits on taxis...
October 19, 2026
Kenya Convicts 29 in Shakahola Cult Murders
Kenya convicted 29 people of the Shakahola cult murders on 19 October, led by preacher Paul Mackenzie, after a judge...
October 19, 2026
Egypt Chemical Exports to India Jump 325%
Egypt chemical exports to India jumped about 325% to US$627 million in January to August, the export council said, repeating...
October 19, 2026
Court Seeks Answers on Rio Governor Runoff
Justice Zanin gave Brazil's electoral court five days to explain the ruling that put Ruas past 50% in Rio, after...
October 19, 2026
Air France Abidjan Codeshare Starts 25 Oct
The Air France Abidjan codeshare with Air Côte d'Ivoire lets each airline sell seats on the other's Paris flights from...
October 19, 2026
Nigeria UN Budget Reaches Tinubu 18 October
The Nigeria UN budget handover: President Tinubu received the proposed 2027 plan on Sunday 18 October from Nigeria's UN envoy,...
October 19, 2026
Guyana Climbs to Export Credit Category 4
The OECD moved Guyana’s country risk classification from 5 to 4 on 16 October 2026, lowering the minimum fee floor...
October 19, 2026