JNIM Blockades Bamako Fuel Supply as Sahel Deaths Top Half of Global Terror Toll
The Sahel security crisis is spreading toward coastal West Africa as JNIM and Islamic State Sahel expand attacks into Benin,...
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US and EU Pour $6 Billion Into Lobito Corridor as China Revives TAZARA Rail Rival in Zambia
The Lobito Corridor is reshaping how DRC and Zambian copper reaches the sea as Western money races a Chinese-backed Dar...
September 7, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief — Monday, September 7, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 7: insurgents take a South African mechanic hostage near Mozambique's Cabo Delgado, Kenya's nurses' strike...
September 7, 2026
EU Pays Tunisia and Mauritania Millions as Migration Deals Cut Departures
EU Africa migration deals with Tunisia and Mauritania have cut Italy arrivals, but rights costs and funding risks keep rising...
September 7, 2026
France Africa Military Withdrawal Ends Sahel Bases as Russia’s Africa Corps Moves In
France Africa military withdrawal has closed bases in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad and Ivory Coast as Russia's Africa Corps...
September 7, 2026
DP World and AD Ports Drive Gulf States Africa Investment as Saudi Deals Follow
Gulf states Africa investment surged into ports, mining and farmland by 2026, with UAE logistics and Saudi deals reshaping trade...
September 7, 2026
China Slashes Africa Lending 46% as Kenya and Angola Race to Refinance Old Debts
Africa China debt stock nears $181bn as Beijing slashes new loans 46% and shifts to small-and-beautiful projects. Here is what...
September 7, 2026
Africa Currency Reform Wave Tests Nigeria, Egypt and Zimbabwe as Inflation Bites
Africa currency reform is testing Nigeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Angola and Zimbabwe. Flexible rates are weighing on inflation and foreign investor...
September 7, 2026
World Bank Mission 300 Connects 50 Million Africans as 600 Million Still Lack Power
Africa energy access still leaves nearly 600 million without power in 2026. For investors, Mission 300 compacts and grid reforms...
September 7, 2026
Zimbabwe Halts Raw Lithium Exports as Africa Critical Minerals Race Splits US and China
Africa critical minerals race turns on DRC cobalt quotas and Zimbabwe lithium bans as the US, China and EU fight...
September 7, 2026
Nigeria Kenya Angola Set Africa Elections 2027 Calendar as Incumbents Face Term Limit Tests
Africa elections 2027: Nigeria votes in February, Kenya and Angola in August, as the calendar tests incumbents and investor confidence...
September 7, 2026
US Senators Want Sudan’s War Cut Off From Gold and Gum Arabic
Eight US senators want Sudan sanctions extended to gold-extraction chemicals and gum arabic due diligence, days before the Security Council...
September 7, 2026
A White Stone at Glidji, and Togo’s Guin Community Exhales
The Togo sacred stone lifted from the wood at Glidji this weekend came out white, the colour the Guin read...
September 7, 2026
Five Turbines Come Ashore at Owendo to Give Libreville 100 MW
Five Gabon power turbines with 100 MW of announced capacity left Owendo port under escort this weekend, bound for the...
September 7, 2026
Zimbabwe Says 720 Tonnes of Lithium Ore Left on Forged Papers
A Harare court heard that 720 tonnes of unbeneficiated lithium ore left Zimbabwe in 23 trucks on fraudulent export documents,...
September 7, 2026
Sierra Leone’s Former President Comes Home, Two Years After a Treason Charge
Sierra Leone Koroma has flown home to Freetown after the attorney-general discontinued the treason case brought over the 2023 armoury...
September 7, 2026
Ghana Returns to the Medium-Term Curve as Bids Top US$390m
Ghana's first four-year cedi bond since the domestic debt exchange drew US$392 million in bids and cleared at 12%, with...
September 7, 2026
Benghazi Hosts the Second Libya-US Reconstruction Forum
The second Libya United States forum for development and reconstruction opened in Benghazi on 5 September, the first edition to...
September 7, 2026
Petrol in Antananarivo Passes 5,300 Ariary as the State Steps Back
Madagascar fuel prices rose on 5 September, with SP95 petrol moving from 5,100 to 5,300 ariary a litre as the...
September 7, 2026
The Comoros Switched On 20 MW of Solar, Paid For in Abu Dhabi
The Comoros solar plants inaugurated this week add about 20 MW across three islands, built with US$23 million from the...
September 7, 2026