Royal Exchange Disowns REPRU After Licence Revoked
Royal Exchange Plc told the Nigerian Exchange it has no connection to Royal Exchange Prudential Life, whose licence NAICOM revoked...
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Nigeria’s NASD Doubles Market Value as Profit Falls 36%
NASD told its annual meeting that market capitalisation more than doubled to ₦2.12 trillion while profit after tax fell 36%....
September 15, 2026
Ghana Sacks Nine State Boards Days After Profit Report
Mahama dissolved nine state entity boards on 2 September, three days after SIGA reported Ghana’s state companies back in profit...
September 15, 2026
US EXIM Lends Africell US$99.6 Million for Angola
The US Export-Import Bank approved a US$99.6 million loan to Africell for network equipment in Angola, confirmed by the company...
September 15, 2026
Western Cape Storm Warning Puts the Karoo at Level 4
A stalled low is dropping up to 80 millimetres on a semi-desert. Cape Town itself is two warning levels lower,...
September 14, 2026
Ethiopia Rebels Warn Mining Firms After Tulu Kapi Attack
The Oromo Liberation Army told extractive companies in Oromia to consult communities and meet environmental standards, calling both non-negotiable.
September 14, 2026
Algeria’s Economy 2026: Gas Dependence, Deficits and the Slow Turn to Diversification
Algeria's 2026 economy: gas is 92-93% of exports, the current account swings to an US$11.4bn deficit, the budget hits US$135bn...
September 14, 2026
Belgium Sends Semlex to Trial Over Congo Passport Fees
A Brussels court referred the firm and 13 others to criminal trial on 31 August. Civil parties say US$60 of...
September 14, 2026
Libya and Washington Talk Elections, Budget and Oil
Tripoli’s prime minister met the senior US diplomat on 13 September. Behind the meeting sits an east-west accord committing to...
September 14, 2026
Tunisia Moves to Rewrite a Drug Law That Filled Its Prisons
Cases tripled in five years and twelve million Lyrica tablets were seized at one port. Two reform plans are moving...
September 14, 2026
Morocco Votes on 23 September With Turnout the Real Test
Twenty-eight formations are contesting 395 seats. The largest Islamist movement is urging abstention, and participation is the number the palace...
September 14, 2026
Eritrea Accuses the UAE of Port Imperialism in Africa
In a rare interview, Eritrea’s foreign minister says Gulf port deals around the Horn are not about commerce, and reveals...
September 14, 2026
Somali Pirates Free the MV Sward After 138 Days
Seventeen crew are free after a ransom. The hijacked ship had been used to seize three more, and four vessels...
September 14, 2026
Uganda Oil Delayed Again, Now Targeting June 2027
The finance minister gave parliament a new date on 11 September. It is the seventh target since 2018, and the...
September 14, 2026
BRICS Declaration Presses Africa’s Case on Trade and Reform
The New Delhi text backs Ethiopia’s WTO bid and opposes carbon border levies. It voices concerns about tariffs and condemns...
September 14, 2026
Ramaphosa Asks the Court to Halt His Own Impeachment Inquiry
The president is the applicant in the Western Cape High Court, seeking to set aside the panel report behind the...
September 14, 2026
South Africa Local Elections Set for 4 November 2026
Ten thousand council seats are up on 4 November. The ANC polls at 31%, and the MK Party is on...
September 14, 2026
South African Banks Race Into Kenya as FirstRand Waits
Nedbank has taken control of NCBA and Absa has raised its stake. FirstRand wants in, and its chief executive says...
September 14, 2026
South Africa Deportation Costs Were Misreported by a Factor of 100
A dropped decimal turned 175 million rand into 17 billion. The corrected figures show removals are cheap and most departures...
September 14, 2026
Tooro Kingdom Succession Splits Uganda’s Royal Family
Clan elders named a 56-year-old cousin king over the grave. The dead king’s will names a son nobody has produced,...
September 14, 2026