Guinea-Bissau Junta Orders Party Headquarters Away From State Buildings
Guinea-Bissau’s High Military Command gave parties seven working days to move their headquarters out of a 500-metre zone around state...
September 20, 2026Section
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Djibouti Rejects Ethiopian Request for Tadjourah Corridor and Naval Base
President Guelleh rejected an Ethiopian request for an extraterritorial corridor to Tadjourah port and a naval base, saying Djibouti is...
September 20, 2026
UN Must Decide the Future of Western Sahara Mission MINURSO by 31 October
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita met UN chief Guterres in New York as the Security Council weighs MINURSO’s future before...
September 20, 2026
Lesotho’s Polihali Dam Reaches 56.7% as Claimants Lose Court Round
Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase 2 is 56.7% complete, while over 3,000 people and 889 businesses must seek dam compensation...
September 20, 2026
Congo-Brazzaville Expects Its Debt to Fall to 86.2% of GDP in 2027
Congo-Brazzaville expects public debt of CFAF 9,608bn (about US$16.9bn) in 2027, with the ratio at 86.2% of GDP, still above...
September 20, 2026
South Sudan Replaces Election Commission Chief Three Months Before Vote
South Sudan’s President Kiir replaced election commission chief Abednego Akok Kacuol with Gabriel Bol Deng, three months before the 22...
September 20, 2026
Togo Tells Businesses to Get Ready for Certified Electronic Invoicing
Togo’s tax office OTR briefed about 50 companies in Lomé on certified e-invoicing, which needs a unique number, QR code...
September 20, 2026
Malawi Inflation Falls to 20.01% in August, a Seventh Straight Drop
Malawi’s inflation eased to 20.01% in August 2026, a seventh straight monthly fall, with the kwacha holding near 1,734 to...
September 20, 2026
Gabon Promises Port-Gentil a Steel Plant, 50 MW of Power and Rare Earths
Gabon’s cabinet met in Port-Gentil on 18 September 2026 and backed rare-earth mining, a Foberd steel plant and two power...
September 20, 2026
Predictable Policies Will Pull Investors to East Africa, Kenya Says
Kenya says predictable rules, not tax giveaways, will draw investors to East Africa, citing more than 50 business reforms and...
September 20, 2026 Idi Amin Praised the Munich Olympic Killings in a 1972 Telegram
Idi Amin’s 1972 telegram praising the Munich massacre of 11 Israeli athletes triggered global outrage and reshaped Uganda’s alliances.
September 20, 2026
Cameroon Protesters March in Yaoundé Against Rising Femicide Cases
Hundreds of people marched in Yaoundé on 19 September over femicides, after the women’s affairs ministry logged about 60 cases...
September 20, 2026
Sadio Mané Launches Mango Agro-Industrial Park in Senegal
Sadio Mané laid the foundation stone for SM10 Agro in Bambali, Senegal, a mango park financed with 11.7 billion CFA...
September 20, 2026
South Africa Medicine Stockouts Leave Chronic Patients Without Treatment
South Africa’s Eastern Cape owes suppliers about US$61 million, disrupting antibiotics, insulin and TB drugs for chronic patients across three...
September 20, 2026 Firefighters Gain Ground as Wildfire Burns in Cape Winelands Mountains
Firefighters gained ground on 19 September 2026 above Simondium in the Cape Winelands, after the Western Cape set aside US$737,680...
September 20, 2026
Lagos APC Orders Candidates to Stay in Nigeria Until 2027 Polls
Lagos APC chairman Cornelius Ojelabi told all party candidates on 19 September 2026 to stay in Nigeria until after the...
September 20, 2026 France’s AFD Reports US$6.14 Billion in Gulf of Guinea Financing
The French Development Agency says it mobilised more than US$6.14 billion in the Gulf of Guinea between 2020 and 2025...
September 20, 2026 Nigeria Tax Ombud Says Multiple Levies Still Hurting Businesses
Nigeria’s Tax Ombud says overlapping levies still raise business costs. A Central Bank survey put multiple taxes at 70.8 percent...
September 20, 2026 Museveni Ditches Ruto, Says Kenya Oil Import Scheme Swindled Uganda
Museveni says Kenyan middlemen inflated Uganda’s fuel bill, so imports now run through UNOC, cutting Kenyan firms out of US$180...
September 20, 2026 Uganda Land-Fraud Cases Jumped 67% to 663 in 2025, Hitting Investors
Uganda’s real estate market is failing investors through land fraud and weak oversight, with 663 land-fraud cases in 2025, a...
September 20, 2026