Ghana’s Petrosol Bond Is 1.8 Times Oversubscribed as Bids Reach GH¢178m (US$15.9m)
A Ghana corporate bond from fuel retailer Petrosol closed 178 percent subscribed, drawing GH¢178.07m (US$15.9m) of bids against a GH¢100m...
August 27, 2026Section
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Namibia Reburies Eight Liberation Fighters at Heroes Acre
A Namibia reburial at Heroes Acre on 26 August returned two political prisoners who died in Cape Town, with 84...
August 27, 2026
Egypt Calls Djibouti, and Completes a Ring Around Ethiopia
Egypt Horn of Africa diplomacy reached Djibouti on 22 August, the fourth such regional call in a month, as Cairo...
August 27, 2026
Zanzibar Starts Spending a US$3.1 Billion Health Promise With Washington
The Tanzania US health agreement, worth about US$3.1 billion over five years, entered implementation talks with Zanzibar officials this week.
August 27, 2026
Operation Jackal IV: 58 Arrests, and an Argentine Supply Line
Operation Jackal IV ended with 58 arrests and 263 suspects identified, including 39 arrests in Johannesburg and a service network...
August 27, 2026
Congo Signs the Lobito Corridor Rail Concession With Mota-Engil
The Lobito Corridor concession signed in Kinshasa on 26 August covers 1,004.5km of railway and an indicative US$1.258 billion investment.
August 27, 2026
Zimbabwean CBZ Puts US$100 Million Into a Highway, Repaid by Tolls
CBZ has committed US$100 million to rebuild the Harare-Chirundu highway, with repayment ring-fenced against ZINARA toll collections.
August 27, 2026
A Hundred Days In, Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is Still Getting Bigger
DR Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has reached 5,656 confirmed cases and 2,715 deaths as of 25 August, still growing 100...
August 27, 2026
Nairobi’s Small Importers Say a New Customs Floor Will Finish Them
A customs rise from Sh2.5m (US9,300) to Sh3.2m (US4,700) per container has Nairobi traders threatening a nationwide shutdown on 28...
August 27, 2026
A Council That Didn’t Exist Got US$975,000 in Nigeria’s Budget
Nigeria's Budget Office let a council that never legally existed into the 2026 budget with N1.3 billion (about US$975,000) attached,...
August 27, 2026
Mozambique Clears the Last Step Before Opening a Development Bank
Mozambique approved the operating rules for its new development bank on 25 August 2026, the last step before a 32...
August 27, 2026
Malawi’s State Oil Company Wired US$403,605 to a Stranger
Malawi's NOCMA wired US$403,605 to fraudsters after forged emails changed a supplier's bank details. Two senior officials have been arrested.
August 27, 2026
Nigeria Now Ships Seven Times More Fuel Than It Did Three Years Ago
Nigeria petroleum exports rose from 46,000 barrels a day in 2023 to 350,000 in the second quarter of 2026, US...
August 27, 2026
Gold Fields Says It Will Not Give Up Tarkwa Without a Fight
The Tarkwa lease expires in April 2027 and Ghana has ruled out automatic renewal. Gold Fields says it would consider...
August 27, 2026
Sudan Tells the UN Where It Thinks the RSF Gets Its Weapons
Sudan told the Security Council that RSF supply routes run through eastern Libya, Chad and Ethiopia. UN experts document only...
August 27, 2026
For the First Time, a Libyan Faces ICC Trial Over Migrant Abuse
A Libya ICC trial will proceed after judges confirmed 17 charges over Mitiga prison, the first case from the 2011...
August 27, 2026
Two Ethiopian Peacekeepers Are Killed in an Ambush in South Sudan
Two Ethiopian peacekeepers were killed and seven people injured when an eight-vehicle UN convoy was ambushed in Jonglei, South Sudan.
August 27, 2026
Mau Compensation List: Sh2.6bn Paid to 13,000 Evictees
Mau compensation list: Kenya says 13,000 Mau Forest evictees each received Sh200,000, a total of Sh2.6 billion, and the evictions...
August 27, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief — Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 26: Ramaphosa vows arrests, gunmen hit four Niger state villages, and gold miners double their...
August 26, 2026
Tanzania’s Vice President Quits, Saying the President Wanted It
The Tanzania vice president, Emmanuel Nchimbi, resigns on 4 September, saying he promised to step aside whenever the president wanted...
August 26, 2026