Nigeria Visa and Residency: US$2,000 Residence Card, US$15 Daily Fine for Overstaying
Nigeria visa and residency in 2026: the online visa, a US$2,000 residence card, employer quotas and a US$15 daily overstay...
September 23, 2026Section
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Kenya Credit Checks Jump 23 Percent as Banks Start Lending Again
Kenya's Credit Reference Bureau queries rose 23 percent to 47.3 million in 2025 as banks stepped up lending decisions amid...
September 23, 2026
Kenya Bank Lending to Companies Grows at Fastest Pace in Years
Kenya's private-sector credit growth hit 10.6 percent in June 2026 as banks cut lending rates and the Central Bank eased...
September 23, 2026
Nigeria’s Kaduna State Approves US$2.76 Million for Pension Arrears
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani approved US$2.76 million (₦3.659 billion) for pensions, gratuities and death benefits for 1,339 beneficiaries in...
September 23, 2026
Britain Charges a Former Rwandan Official Over the 1994 Genocide
Vincent Brown, 65, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 22 September 2026 charged over the 1994 Rwandan genocide, a first...
September 23, 2026
UK Backs Mexico and France in Push to Curb UN Veto on Atrocities
The United Kingdom has joined France and Mexico in urging UN Security Council members to refrain from using the veto...
September 23, 2026
South Africa’s Pick n Pay Names Spencer Sonn as Next Chief Executive
Pick n Pay has named Woolworths veteran Spencer Sonn as CEO designate from February 2027, working alongside Sean Summers until...
September 23, 2026
Kenyan Lawmaker Seeks Stricter Rules for Mobile Phone Lenders
A Kenyan MP wants mobile lenders to disclose every loan charge before advancing money, give notice before debt recovery and...
September 23, 2026
Mauritania Opposition Unites Against a Third Term for the President
A Mauritania third term campaign by the ruling El Insaf party has drawn a formal opposition warning and pushed one...
September 22, 2026
Namibia Raises State Worker Benefits From 1 October 2026
Namibia's Social Security Commission benefits rise on 1 October 2026, lifting maternity pay to about US$1,230 and most other worker...
September 22, 2026
Angola Bans Single-Use Plastics With Fines of Up to US$33,000
Angola's single-use plastics ban took effect on 22 September 2026, twelve months after the decree, with company fines reaching about...
September 22, 2026
UK Brings Its First Rwanda Genocide Charges Against a London Doctor
Rwanda genocide charges reached a UK court on 22 September 2026 as Dr Vincent Brown appeared in London. He entered...
September 22, 2026
Gabon’s 2027 Budget Lifts Debt Interest Costs by Almost 37 Percent
Gabon debt interest charges are set to rise 36.9 percent in 2027, to about US$1.18 billion, under the draft budget...
September 22, 2026
Burkina Faso Asks Its Banks to Help Fund a US$63 Billion Growth Plan
Plan RELANCE, Burkina Faso's US$63 billion development plan, drew bank and microfinance chiefs to a funding meeting on 22 September...
September 22, 2026
Ivory Coast Freezes Small-Scale Mine Permits as State Bank Meets Miners
BNI mining risk filled a full day in Abidjan on 22 September 2026, five days after Côte d'Ivoire froze new...
September 22, 2026
Nigeria Keeps Electricity Tariffs Frozen at a US$1.45 Billion Cost
Nigeria tariff freeze stays in place as Abuja rules out a price rise, with the 2025 power subsidy put at...
September 22, 2026
Nigeria Orders Every Filling Station to Recalibrate Its Fuel Pumps
Nigeria's NMDPRA warns petrol stations that persistent under-dispensing can lead to licence revocation, and orders nationwide calibration of fuel pumps.
September 22, 2026
Ireland Fines Google US$462 Million Over Location Data Handling
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission imposed a Google location data fine of US$462 million on 21 September 2026 over breaches of...
September 22, 2026
Libya Loses 200,000 Barrels a Day After an Armed Group Shuts a Valve
Sharara field shutdown cuts output at Libya's biggest field by 200,000 barrels a day after an armed group closed a...
September 22, 2026
Djibouti Frees and Deports a South African Journalist After Four Days
Micah Reddy was released from Djibouti custody on 22 September 2026 and deported home to South Africa after four days,...
September 22, 2026