Argentina Country Risk Is Down on the Week, Up on the Month
Argentina's country risk stands at 490 basis points, down from 501 a week ago but up from 451 a month...
September 8, 2026Section
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Choco Reconstruction Package Is Smaller Than It Sounds
Colombia announced a one trillion peso infrastructure package for Choco, about US$320 million. English coverage has widely reported it as...
September 8, 2026
Congo’s Copper Mines Are Building the Power Stations the State Never Could
DR Congo solar installations are set to rise 544% in 2026, Ember says, after a 233 MW array began powering...
September 8, 2026
Liberia Is US$45m Away From Its First Billion-Dollar Revenue Year
Liberia domestic revenue has reached US$954.7m in fiscal 2026, leaving the state US$45.3m short of its first US$1bn collection year.
September 8, 2026
Mozambique Signs an Industrial Park Deal Inland, Away From the Gas
A Manica industrial parks agreement was signed at FACIM, with a first site planned at Selva in Vanduzi district on...
September 8, 2026
A Comorian Airline Says It Will Start Flying to Mayotte in December
Royal Air Mayotte flights will begin on 15 December 2026, the Comorian carrier says, adding the French department to a...
September 8, 2026
Egypt’s Reserves Passed US$57bn, and Gold Did the Heavy Lifting
Egypt foreign reserves reached a record US$57.214bn in August 2026, but the rise came from gold, as currency holdings fell...
September 8, 2026
Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso — September 8, 2026
Merval: Argentina’s index fell 0.5% to 3,034,598.82 on Monday in a thin session with New York and Sao Paulo shut....
September 8, 2026
Libya Will Stop Clearing Trade Goods That Never Passed Through a Bank
A Libya import ban on trade goods paid for outside official banking channels takes effect on 30 September under decision...
September 8, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso — September 8, 2026
IPSA: Chile’s index closed flat at 11,451.80 on Monday even as copper set an all-time high of US$14,540 a tonne....
September 8, 2026
Kenya Ordered Foreign-Run Shops Shut, Then Offered an Amnesty
Kenya foreign traders faced a shutdown order this week, and the government then offered undocumented East Africans a registration amnesty.
September 8, 2026
Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso — September 8, 2026
COLCAP: Colombia’s index closed at a record 2,565.37 on Monday, up 0.82%, with the peso firmer near 3,119. August inflation...
September 8, 2026
An Igbo-Language Film Has Just Set a Record Nollywood Had Never Filled
The highest-grossing Igbo film ever, Ikenga: The Last Festival, has passed N75m at the Nigerian box office since opening on...
September 8, 2026
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso — September 8, 2026
Mexico IPC: the S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.21% to 64,727.54 on Monday as Televisa collapsed 12.70% on its removal from the...
September 8, 2026
Nigeria’s Petrol Import Bill Rose Almost Tenfold in a Single Quarter
Nigeria petrol imports rose 989.4% to N952.15bn in the second quarter of 2026, even as the country's trade surplus widened...
September 8, 2026
Global Economy Briefing — September 8, 2026
Markets now price a Federal Reserve rate rise after August payrolls beat forecasts. The ECB decides Thursday, China exports jumped...
September 8, 2026
Ghana Has Counted 8,578 Fibre Cuts This Year, and Paid US$20m to Mend Them
Ghana fibre cuts reached 8,578 in 2026 and cost operators more than US$20m, with road works behind 49% and illegal...
September 8, 2026
Trump Bombardier Threat Reads Well in Brazil, With Caveats
Trump said Bombardier may not sell aircraft in the United States unless it builds there, a threat Brazilian outlets read...
September 8, 2026
Brazil Bank Account Closure Rule Settled by the STJ
Brazil's STJ ruled that consumer law does not stop a bank closing a current account unilaterally, provided the customer is...
September 8, 2026
Oil Tops US$98 as Tanker War Chokes Hormuz Traffic
Brent topped US$98 on Tuesday after US forces struck three Iranian tankers. Hormuz traffic fell to ten ships a day...
September 8, 2026