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, 2026Section
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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
Nigeria’s Kidnap Economy: Prayers, Ransoms and Empty Villages
Gunmen took worshippers from a Niger State mosque during Friday prayers. Behind the Borgu abductions stands a ransom industry that...
August 30, 2026
South Africa’s Anti-Migrant Violence: How It Got This Far
A UN committee has told South Africa to dismantle racist vigilante groups after killings and mass displacement. How Operation Dudula...
August 30, 2026
Danish Fund Buys Control of Moroccan Logistics Leader Globex
Danish Fund Buys: Morocco · LOGISTICS INVESTMENT The investment arm of the Danish group behind Maersk is buying control of...
August 30, 2026
Nigeria Tells Atiku the Land Borders Are Already Open
Nigeria Tells Atiku: The rebuttal: Nigeria's presidency says the country's land borders are already open, dismissing a 2027 campaign pledge...
August 30, 2026
Turkish Arms Ship Freed Off Somalia as Rescue Accounts Clash
Turkish Arms Ship: Somalia · MARITIME SECURITY A cargo ship carrying Turkish military equipment is free after twelve days off...
August 30, 2026
Mundubile Surrenders to Zambian Police After Two Weeks in Hiding
Mundubile Surrenders Zambian: The surrender: Brian Mundubile, runner-up in Zambia s 13 August presidential election, surrendered to police on Thursday
August 30, 2026
Niger Says Coup Attempt Foiled After Night of Gunfire in Niamey
Niger Says Coup: What happened: Heavy gunfire and explosions shook Niamey overnight from Friday into Saturday, centred on Base 101,...
August 30, 2026
Southern Africa Braces for Exceptional El Niño, UN Agency Warns
Southern Africa Braces: United Nations aid officials have put Southern Africa on alert for a rapidly intensifying El Niño that...
August 30, 2026
Guinea-Bissau Votes on Junta Plan to Boost Presidential Powers
Guinea Bissau Votes: Voters in Guinea-Bissau cast ballots on Sunday in a referendum on a new constitution that would hand...
August 30, 2026
Drones Kill Eight Civilians Traveling in Sudan’s North Kordofan
Drones Kill Eight: Eight civilians were killed and dozens more wounded when drones struck a group of travelers in Sudan's...
August 30, 2026
RSF Says It Seized Two Army Bases in Sudan’s Blue Nile
Sudan's RSF said Friday its fighters seized the Bakori and Surkum army bases in the Blue Nile region alongside SPLM-N...
August 30, 2026
Mali Tuareg Rebels Free 60 Soldiers in Swap for Jailed Commander
Mali Tuareg Rebels: The swap: Tuareg-led rebels freed about 60 Malian soldiers in exchange for Inkinane Ag Attaher, a former...
August 30, 2026
M23 Counteroffensive Shakes Congo’s South Kivu Hills
Counteroffensive Shakes Congo: Rio Times · Africa M23 rebels have launched a counteroffensive in Kalehe territory, in the northern hills...
August 30, 2026
Congo’s Fastest-Ever Ebola Outbreak, and the World Looking Away
Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is the country's largest and the fastest-growing on record. Why this strain has no vaccine, and...
August 30, 2026