Guinea-Bissau Votes 70% for a Presidency With Far More Power
The Guinea-Bissau constitution was approved by 70% of voters on provisional results, expanding presidential powers before December's election.
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Global Economy Briefing — September 2, 2026
Global economy: Global stocks slip and bond yields test highs as oil surges and Fed uncertainty lingers, with key read-throughs...
September 2, 2026
Nicaragua Constitutional Reform Clears Its First Vote
Nicaragua's Assembly approved a constitutional reform in first reading on 1 September, extending terms to seven years and delaying the...
September 2, 2026
Chile Copper Production Fell 9.4% in July After Storms
Chile's copper output fell 9.4% year on year in July to 403,424 tonnes, INE said on 31 August, blaming bad...
September 2, 2026
South Africa Lays the Groundwork for Its First Green Bond
A South Africa green bond is being prepared for issue before March 2027, with size and timing to be decided...
September 2, 2026
Corn Leads Mixed Grains Session; Brazil Exports in Focus
Soybeans, corn and wheat moved higher on Monday, August 31, as Black Sea disruption lifted wheat trackers while Chinese demand...
September 2, 2026
Oil Wrap: Guyana Boom, Petrobras Pre-Salt Rise on Monday
Oil markets closed higher on Monday, August 31, 2026, as Brazil's Petrobras rose on Búzios pre-salt progress and Guyana's boom...
September 2, 2026
Algeria Moves to Restore the Death Penalty for Setting Forests Alight
Algeria death penalty for deliberate forest fires: Tebboune has given the justice minister until 15 September to amend the penal...
September 1, 2026
Hichilema Is Sworn In With the Election Petition Still Unresolved
Hichilema second term starts on 1 September at Lusaka's National Heroes Stadium, after an election the opposition never petitioned in...
September 1, 2026
Ghana’s Gold Board Promises US$1.4 Billion of Dollars in September
Ghana gold foreign exchange earnings are targeted at US$1.4bn in September 2026, split between commercial banks and central bank reserves,...
September 1, 2026
Brazil and South Africa Talk Trade as US Tariffs Push Them Together
Brazil South Africa trade deepens after US tariffs hit both: bilateral trade was about US$2bn in 2025, with minerals and...
September 1, 2026
Washington Puts a US$7 Billion Number on Cameroon
Cameroon United States investment talks opened in Yaoundé around a US$7 billion pipeline, from a 1,080 MW dam to a...
September 1, 2026
KoBold Metals Just Got Its First Lithium Ground in Congo
KoBold Metals lithium Congo permits number seven, four in Manono, but the venture hinges on a dispute between Kinshasa and...
September 1, 2026
A South African Tailings Dam Collapsed. It Was Not on the Register
A South Africa tailings dam collapse at a Samancor chrome complex was reasonably foreseeable, the regulator found, and the dam...
September 1, 2026
A Platinum Approach in South Africa Could Lead the World
A South African platinum merger is in play after an approach to Northam, whose operating profit rose 293% and whose...
September 1, 2026
Zambia Charges Its Election Runner-Up With Treason
A Zambia treason charge now faces Brian Mundubile and 17 others, days before Hakainde Hichilema's inauguration and after the courts...
September 1, 2026
Data Miners Now Pay Ethiopia More for Power Than Its Own Utility Does
In Ethiopia electricity data miners paid 50.4bn birr last year against 46bn from the national utility, because their contracts settle...
September 1, 2026
The Kenya Pipeline IPO Cleared. Foreign Buyers Took 0.15% of Their Slice
The Kenya Pipeline IPO raised Sh112bn, but Uganda and 13 state pension funds supplied Sh95.8bn while foreigners bought Sh32.7m of...
September 1, 2026
Ceuta Photos Were Used to Invent a Moroccan Migration Wave in Brazil
A claimed wave of Moroccan migration to Brazil drew 13,400 mentions in a week. Official data show 57 Moroccan asylum...
September 1, 2026
Xi Jinping Lands in Cairo With a US$19 Billion Trade Gap Behind Him
The Xi Jinping Egypt visit runs from 30 August to 3 September, his first in ten years, with Chinese exports...
September 1, 2026