Africa Intelligence Brief — Monday, May 25, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers Benin's Wadagni inauguration, the DRC Ebola emergency, South Africa platinum, Ghana's IMF stance, Eswatini deportee deal.
May 25, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers Benin's Wadagni inauguration, the DRC Ebola emergency, South Africa platinum, Ghana's IMF stance, Eswatini deportee deal.
May 25, 2026
São Paulo exhales on Monday May 25 — post-Virada Cultural, post-C6 Fest, the biggest music weekend of the year behind...
May 25, 2026
FOMC minutes echo through PCE Thursday, ECB Account, RBNZ, BoK, SARB hike. Brazil Q1 GDP and IPCA-15 set Copom's June...
May 24, 2026
Anitta, LISA and Rema released Goals on May 21 for the FIFA World Cup 2026 album, the most globally scaled...
May 23, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers the AU Libreville peace retreat, Ebola escalation to South Kivu, Kenya opposition unity, Sudan-Ethiopia crisis, SA...
May 22, 2026
Latin America sports: a calf edema rules Neymar out of Santos and threatens Brazil's pre-World Cup friendlies, River reach the...
May 22, 2026
The Dow set a record close at 50,285.66 even as the Philly Fed manufacturing index collapsed to -0.4 (consensus 17.6)...
May 22, 2026
Chile's development agency says building frigates at home is economically viable, charting a path to naval technological autonomy by 2040...
May 21, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers the ICC's first Libya war-crimes hearing, Nigeria's West African oil pivot, South Africa retail, Ethiopia's election,...
May 21, 2026
Oil crashed 5.7% after President Trump said Iran negotiations are in "final stages" and three supertankers left the Strait of...
May 21, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers Nigeria-US joint strike killing 175 ISIS fighters, Somalia constitutional crisis, SA 32.7% jobless, Sahel offensive, cocoa...
May 20, 2026
30-year Treasury yield hits 5.19%, highest in nearly 19 years, as S&P 500 posts third straight loss. Canada CPI collapses...
May 20, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers Ghana 30% gold offtake, Trump 17,500 Afrikaner refugee proposal, NNPC oil-buyer push, Afrimat ruling, Zambia gold...
May 19, 2026
Carlo Ancelotti unveils Brazil’s World Cup squad at the Museu do Amanhã, marking Neymar’s return while notable absences include Rodrygo,...
May 19, 2026
Markets opened mixed as Trump delayed a planned Iran attack amid Gulf-led negotiations, while rising US Treasury yields, stronger Japanese...
May 19, 2026
From Kenya’s fuel-price protests to the WHO’s Ebola emergency declaration and Botswana’s repeal of same-sex criminalisation laws, Monday’s Africa briefing...
May 18, 2026
Friday was the day Aliko Dangote refused the Nigerian state and Cyril Ramaphosa booked R890bn ($54bn) at the National Assembly...
May 15, 2026
S&P 500 hit 7,501.24, Dow recaptured 50,000, Nasdaq surged to 26,635.22. Plus India WPI at 8.30% and Cisco +13.4%. What...
May 15, 2026
Thursday was the day Parliament moved against Ramaphosa, Aliko Dangote moved against the LSE listing ceiling, and the Nigerian Air...
May 14, 2026
April PPI surged 1.4% MoM—triple forecasts—yet the S&P 500 hit a record 7,444.25. What the Warsh Fed era means for...
May 14, 2026