The European Union Has Changed Its Position on Western Sahara
EU governments said in January 2026 that Morocco's autonomy plan could be one of the most realistic solutions for Western...
September 4, 2026Section
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Equatorial Guinea Is Running Out of Gas and Looking Next Door
Equatorial Guinea gas output is falling and the economy is set to contract, making a cross-border field shared with Cameroon...
September 4, 2026
Chad Took ExxonMobil’s Assets and Is Still Paying For It
The Chad oil nationalisation of ExxonMobil assets derailed a US$407 million Savannah Energy deal and continues to deter the investment...
September 4, 2026
Congo-Brazzaville Owes Almost as Much as It Produces
Congo-Brazzaville debt reached 97.2 percent of GDP at end-2025, far above the CEMAC ceiling, while oil still supplies 90 percent...
September 4, 2026
Gabon Cut Its Revenue Forecast by a Fifth and Kept Spending
The Gabon revised budget cuts revenue projections 22 percent to 3.24 trillion CFA francs while spending holds, which investors say...
September 4, 2026
Mauritania Is Betting on Gas Without Letting Go of Its Iron
Mauritania GTA gas phase two is under evaluation with capacity of up to 3 million tonnes, while iron ore and...
September 4, 2026
Liberia Is About to Ship Four Times the Iron Ore It Used To
The Liberia iron ore expansion lifts ArcelorMittal shipments towards 20 million tonnes, with the country targeting 25 to 30 million...
September 4, 2026
Nigeria Sent Its Governors to Benin to Copy a Cotton Park
The Benin cotton industrial zone at Glo-Djigbe turns raw fibre into garments, and Nigeria has sent governors to study a...
September 4, 2026
Cabo Verde Turned Debt Owed to Portugal Into Climate Spending
Cabo Verde's debt-for-climate swap with Portugal now covers US$45 million, alongside the islands' first budget surplus since 2007.
September 4, 2026
West Africa’s Busiest Transshipment Port Belongs to One of Its Smallest States
The Togo Port of Lome is West Africa's largest transshipment hub, handling 2.06 million containers and underwriting an economy that...
September 4, 2026
Sierra Leone Is Trying to Turn a Diamond Reputation Into a Minerals Business
Sierra Leone critical minerals ambitions rest on iron ore, a financed gold project and offshore surveys, with growth easing to...
September 4, 2026
Somaliland Is Offering Washington Minerals and a Base to Win Recognition
Somaliland Berbera port, run by DP World with an Ethiopian stake, sits behind Hargeisa's offer of mineral and military access...
September 4, 2026
Djibouti Earns Its Living From One Neighbour and One Map
The Djibouti Ethiopia corridor generates more than 75 percent of GDP, while Chinese lenders hold close to half of a...
September 4, 2026
Madagascar Reopened Its Mining Register After Sixteen Years
Madagascar mining permits are being issued again after a sixteen-year freeze, reopening graphite, nickel, cobalt and rare earth ground to...
September 4, 2026
Most of the World’s Ylang-Ylang Comes From Three Small Islands
Comoros ylang-ylang supplies most of the world's perfume industry, yet the islands remain at high risk of debt distress and...
September 4, 2026
Mauritius Is Writing One Law for Everything Its Ocean Does
The Mauritius Blue Economy Bill would pull fisheries, maritime services and marine conservation under one framework as the island builds...
September 4, 2026
Africa’s Richest Country Per Head Is an Archipelago of 100,000 People
The Seychelles blue economy underpins Africa's highest GDP per capita, with tuna, tourism and a pioneering blue bond behind a...
September 4, 2026
Malawi Will Not Devalue, and the IMF Will Not Sign
The Malawi forex crisis has left fuel and medicine imports rationed, and a new IMF programme is stuck on the...
September 4, 2026
Lesotho Got Its Duty-Free Access Back. The Clock Is Still Running
Lesotho AGOA access is restored after a stopgap US tariff expired in July, and Congress has now voted to extend...
September 4, 2026
Eswatini’s Budget Rests on a Customs Cheque It Does Not Control
The Eswatini IMF Article IV mission left Mbabane with a deficit near 5.9 percent of GDP and public debt heading...
September 4, 2026