DR Congo: Kinshasa Comics Festival Returns After Six Years
The Kinshasa comics festival SABDAM returns after six years, with Senegal as guest of honor and a new African comics...
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Kagame in Oman: Rwanda’s President Seeks Gulf Investment
Kagame in Oman for a two-day official visit on 7 and 8 September. Rwanda wants the cooperation deals signed in...
September 6, 2026
Malawi El Niño Plan Is Only One Third Funded
The Malawi El Niño preparedness plan needs about US$282 million. Only US$94 million is mobilised, leaving a gap that reaches...
September 6, 2026
Watchdog Seeks Audit of Mali Military Contracts Since 2020
Mali military contracts from six years of army rule should be audited, an anti-corruption network told the Auditor General on...
September 6, 2026
Zambia’s State Firm Puts Ndola Refinery at US$1.2 Billion
Zambia's state holding company says the Ndola refinery will cost US$1.2 billion, above the licensed US$1.1 billion. The difference is...
September 6, 2026
Burundi Inflation Falls to 8.7%, 15 Months After Peak
Burundi inflation fell to 8.7% in July 2026, down from a 45.5% peak in April 2025, as budget discipline and...
September 6, 2026
Libya Shuts 490 Petrol Stations Over Alleged Smuggling
Libya's Tripoli government shut 490 petrol stations over alleged fuel smuggling on 2 September. About 365 stations were approved to...
September 6, 2026
Guinea Buries 36 Killed in Conakry Landfill Collapse
Guinea buried 36 people killed in the Conakry landfill collapse. Seventeen were Sierra Leonean, confirmed earlier by Freetown.
September 6, 2026
Tunisia Holds Al Qatiba Editor Over Financial Suspicions
Tunisia is holding the Al Qatiba editor Mohamed Yousfi in police custody over financial suspicions. He has not been charged...
September 6, 2026
Niger Blames France for Failed Mutiny; Paris Denies
Niger blames France for the failed 29 August mutiny in Niamey. Paris calls the accusation pure fantasy. What the cabinet...
September 6, 2026
Samarco Convicted on Appeal Over the Mariana Dam Collapse
A Brazilian appeals court has convicted Samarco and three former managers over the Mariana dam collapse that killed 19 people....
September 6, 2026
Fachin Takes the Mendonça Case Away From the Moraes Inquiry
Brazil's chief justice has pulled the Mendonça case out of the fake news inquiry run by Alexandre de Moraes, and...
September 6, 2026
Argentina Moves to Sanction 45 Names Over Falklands Oil Work
Argentina has opened Falklands oil sanctions against 45 companies and executives, and its main business group has publicly backed the...
September 6, 2026
Ibama Clears Three More Petrobras Wells in Foz do Amazonas
Brazil's environmental regulator has cleared Petrobras to drill three more wells in the Foz do Amazonas basin, months after the...
September 6, 2026
Peru Prison Emergency Covers Five Jails, One Left Unguarded
Peru has placed five maximum-security prisons under a 60-day emergency, but Infobae found no police or military presence at one...
September 6, 2026
Armed Gangs Strip Metal From Chile’s Copper Train Wagons
Gangs in northern Chile are boarding moving copper train wagons and throwing metal slabs to accomplices, in tactics analysts call...
September 6, 2026
Casas Bahia Is Named in the São Paulo Tax Credit Investigation
São Paulo prosecutors have named Casas Bahia as a beneficiary of an alleged tax credit scheme. The retailer says it...
September 6, 2026
Guatemala Bodies in Bags: 65 Logged So Far This Year
Guatemala's Public Ministry has registered 65 bodies found wrapped in bags, sacks or barrels this year, and says it cannot...
September 6, 2026
Ambev Closes the Minas Brewery After Ninety Years in Uruguay
Ambev is closing the Minas brewery in Lavalleja after ninety years, moving Uruguayan beer production to Montevideo and putting 59...
September 6, 2026
Chile hosts Falklands trade mission despite sovereignty row
A Falklands trade mission visits Punta Arenas, Chile, for a new sea route. Chile backs Argentina's claim, making the trip...
September 6, 2026