Zinc Pulls Back: Nexa, Buenaventura Drop on Friday
Zinc Nexa Buenaventura pullback: Zinc proxies Nexa Resources and Buenaventura fell on Friday as hawkish Fed bets and profit-taking cooled...
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Iron Ore Wrap: Vale Falls 1.83% as China Steel Splits
iron ore price: Vale’s US shares dropped 1.83% on Friday, August 28, 2026, while the benchmark iron ore price held...
August 31, 2026
Sudan: Blue Nile Fighting Displaces Nearly 20,000 in Two Days
Sudan Blue Nile: Nearly 20,000 people have fled Sudan’s Blue Nile state in two days after RSF and SPLM-N forces...
August 31, 2026
Moody’s Cuts Senegal Deeper Into Junk and Blames the Sonko Power Struggle
Moody ’ Cuts: Senegal · MARKETS Moody's has pushed Senegal one notch deeper into junk territory — and this time...
August 31, 2026
DR Congo Begins Ebola Vaccinations in Kisangani as Outbreak Passes 5,600 Cases
Congo Begins Ebola: DR Congo began vaccinating against Ebola in Kisangani on Thursday, with health workers first in line as...
August 31, 2026
Tanzania Carries 39% of East Africa’s Unresolved Trade Barriers as Deadline Lapses
Tanzania Carries East: The scorecard: the East African Community's Regional Monitoring Committee counts 28 outstanding non-tariff barriers in the bloc's
August 31, 2026
Kenya Pipeline IPO Was Rescued by US$740 Million in Arm-Twisted State Money
Kenya Pipeline Rescued: The revelation: Kenya's government pressured cash-rich state firms to buy into the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) initial...
August 31, 2026
Libya’s Rival Camps Sign the 4+4 Electoral Deal — and Haftar Backs It
Libya ’ Rival: Libya · POLITICS Libya's rival camps have signed a UN-brokered electoral framework that promises national elections within...
August 31, 2026
Mundubile Treason Charges: Zambia Files 1 Count in 2026
Mundubile treason charges confirmed: Zambian police formally charged the opposition leader with 1 count of treason, his lawyers announced.
August 31, 2026
South Africa Has Paid US$3.5 Billion More for Fuel Since the Hormuz Shock
The bill: South African fuel importers have paid at least R56.3 billion (about US$3.5 billion) extra for fuel since the...
August 31, 2026
Nigeria’s Presidency Spent US$28 Million on Trips in Three Years
The bill: Nigeria's presidency spent N37.64 billion (about US$28.1 million) on presidential trips, logistics and foreign exchange between June 2023...
August 31, 2026
Tinubu DEA Records: Bid to Keep US Files Sealed in 2026
Tinubu DEA records stay contested: the president joined 1 US freedom-of-information case, asking a Washington court to keep FBI files...
August 31, 2026
Guyana debt burden falls as IDB calls it one of the world’s fastest-growing economies
Guyana debt service has fallen to five cents of every revenue dollar as oil income floods in, the IDB says,...
August 31, 2026
Argentina Softens Its Dogmas: Caputo Bets on Mattress Dollars, Roads and Mortgages
Argentina's mattress dollars anchor Caputo's reactivation plan: mortgage credit, road concessions and four state firms for sale, without printing money.
August 31, 2026
Lithium Wrap: SQM Slips, Albemarle Rises, LIT Falls
Lithium equities Friday: SQM fell 2.24% and LIT lost 1.37% while Albemarle gained 1.17% on Friday as Chile’s lithium policy...
August 31, 2026
Copper Slips as China Cools; Chile, Peru Keep Floor
copper futures Chile Peru: Copper futures eased on Friday, August 28, 2026, with the CPER tracker down 0.78% as Chinese...
August 31, 2026
Bahamas Cruise Record Lifts Caribbean Tourism as Jamaica Fights a Tax Hike
The Bahamas set a 2025 sea-arrival record of 10.6 million and Caribbean tourism is tracking beyond it, while Jamaica warns...
August 31, 2026
Bitcoin Slips to $77,668 After Fed Repricing
Bitcoin Fed repricing: Bitcoin settled at US$77,668 on Sunday, August 30, 2026, after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s hawkish Jackson Hole...
August 31, 2026
Gold Slides 3%, Silver 4% as Warsh Lifts Rate Bets
gold silver Warsh: Gold fell to US$4,459 and silver to US$66.39 after Fed chair Kevin Warsh’s hawkish Jackson Hole speech...
August 31, 2026
Chile: Kast Approval Rebounds to 33.8 Percent as His Coalition Pushes Him to Negotiate
Kast approval rose to 33.8 percent in Chile's Pulso Ciudadano poll, with 54.4 percent disapproving, as Santiago offers mining tax...
August 31, 2026