Zimbabwe Ends Direct Presidential Elections in New Amendment
The amendment signed in July gives Mnangagwa two more years. It also hands the choice of president from voters to...
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Niger Mutiny Leaves Russia Stronger in the Sahel
Soldiers attacked the palace and the main air base on 29 August. Russia’s ambassador says Africa Corps was asked to...
September 14, 2026
Senegal Debt Plan Avoids the Word Restructuring
Senegal has asked the G20 to organise talks with bondholders over US$5 billion. Its finance minister says it is a...
September 14, 2026
Ebola in Congo Passes 7,000 Cases as Countries Close Borders
Congo’s worst Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 3,400 people. The licensed vaccine does not work on this strain, and thirty...
September 14, 2026
Burkina Faso Territory Is 74.53% Under Government Control, the Junta Says. Nobody Else Can Check.
The junta publishes territorial control to two decimal places. Independent researchers put militant reach anywhere from 40% to 80% of...
September 14, 2026
A Methamphetamine Case Built on a Boat With No Flag Reaches a Kenyan Courtroom
The vessel carried no flag, no registration and no transponder, 350 nautical miles off Mombasa. A magistrate has ruled there...
September 14, 2026
Algeria Tourism Draws a Sixth of Morocco’s Visitors. Its Answer Is an AI Competition.
Morocco took 19.8 million visitors last year and Algeria about 3.5 million. A national contest closes this month with results...
September 14, 2026
The Zanzibar Unity Government Reserves Seats for the Election Loser. They Have Sat Empty for Ten Months.
A referendum in 2010 made power-sharing compulsory after any close election. The opposition lost in 2025, rejected the result, and...
September 14, 2026
Tanzania Cotton Farmers Say One Buyer Turns Up. The Prime Minister Has Given the Ministry a Month.
Thirty years after the trade was opened to competition, growers in the northwest say they face one buyer. The government...
September 14, 2026
Nigeria’s Regional Development Commissions Got US$1.9 Billion Last Year. One Zone Got Nothing.
The president has ordered money released to the newest of seven commissions. It is the one left out of the...
September 14, 2026
Nigeria Told Drivers to Switch to Gas. Then the Nigeria CNG Price Rose 65% in a Year.
The state oil company says it is pushing more gas to filling stations. Drivers who converted their engines still pay...
September 14, 2026
An Agusto Rating Is Not About Returns. Nigerian Fund Managers Chase One Anyway.
A Lagos agency grades investment managers on how they are run, not on what they earn. For firms competing for...
September 14, 2026
Is Ghana Safe for Expats — What the Road Toll and the Crime Numbers Show
Road deaths, a northern curfew and a level-two advisory. What is Ghana safe really means for a person living there...
September 14, 2026
The Dangote Refinery IPO Opens Today, Africa’s Largest Share Sale, for 3.3% of the Company
Aliko Dangote is selling a sliver of the refinery that ended Nigeria's dependence on imported petrol. The sliver alone is...
September 14, 2026
Kenya Fuel Prices Hold Steady for a Month, and a Third of What Drivers Pay Is Tax
The regulator froze pump prices for the cycle to 14 October. Petrol in Nairobi costs about US$1.65 a litre, and...
September 14, 2026
Is Egypt Safe for Expats — What the Road Data and the Advisory Maps Show
Road deaths, advisory maps and a homicide rate from 2017. What is Egypt safe actually means for a person living...
September 14, 2026
The Jamaica Remittance Market Takes In US$3.5 Billion a Year. Africa Sends Almost None of It.
Jamaicans abroad sent home US$3.49bn last year, and nearly all of it came from North America. A Nairobi company wants...
September 14, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief — Monday, September 14, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for 14 September 2026: Niger's junta leader replaces his armed forces chief weeks after a mutiny Russian...
September 14, 2026
Cost of Living Accra 2026: The Rent Advance Is the Whole Problem
Accra landlords ask for one or two years of rent up front. The law caps it at six months. That...
September 14, 2026
Cost of Living Casablanca 2026: Prices Are Falling, Not Rising
Morocco is in deflation and almost no guide says so. Food prices fell 3.7 percent in the year to July....
September 14, 2026