Burkina Faso Plans 117 Billion CFA Franc Memorial For Thomas Sankara
Burkina Faso is seeking public and private financing for a 117 billion CFA franc memorial to Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary...
August 8, 2026Section
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Uganda Approves Troop Deployment To International Force In Gaza
Uganda's parliament approved sending troops to Gaza as part of a U.S.-brokered International Stabilization Force on 6 August 2026, the...
August 8, 2026
Nigeria’s NNPC Listing: Tinubu Commits, But Sets No Date
Tinubu says the whole of NNPC will be listed. But he named no date for the NNPC listing, and the...
August 8, 2026
Museveni Renews Push For East African Community Political Federation
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is reviving the drive for an East African Community political federation, a bloc of eight nations...
August 8, 2026
Kenya State Think Tank Warns Raising VAT Risks Driving Firms To Informal Sector
Kenya VAT rate above 16 percent would push small firms into the informal sector and cut total revenue, the state...
August 8, 2026
New Financial Scams Sweep Kenya As Authorities Watch
Reported cybercrime incidents in Kenya rose 67 percent in the first half of 2026, with mobile money fraud accounting for...
August 8, 2026
Somalia Faces Early Troop Exit Rethink As US Funding Cut Hits AU Mission
The United States will stop funding the UN logistics backbone for Somalia's AU mission after 31 December 2026, forcing a...
August 8, 2026
Rwanda In Talks With Italy To Resettle Irregular Migrants, No Deal Yet
Rwanda and Italy are in exploratory talks over a possible arrangement to send certain irregular migrants to Rwanda for temporary...
August 8, 2026
Saudi Arabia Displays Armoured Vehicles For Sudan Army Offensive
Saudi Arabia is widely reported to be bankrolling arms supplies that have strengthened Sudan’s army, with Pakistan-made Mohafiz-V armoured vehicles...
August 8, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief — Friday, August 7, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 7: Nigeria commits to listing its state oil company, Angola nears single-digit inflation, South African...
August 7, 2026
Letshego Sells Five African Units to Axian as Kenya Waits Behind a Legal Snag
Letshego Holdings sells 5 African units in Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria to Axian for US$62.7 million, shrinking to...
August 7, 2026
Namibia Chases US$250 Million to Fund Its Green Industrialisation Plan
Namibia must finish an investment plan before drawing up to US$250 million in concessional finance for green industrialisation. No money...
August 7, 2026
Copper 360 Hands the Chair to Neal Froneman After a Year of Losses
The new Copper 360 chair is Neal Froneman, arriving after a year in which the JSE copper junior lost R265...
August 7, 2026
Angola and the US Deepen Naval Ties at the Rabat Maritime Summit
Angola US defence cooperation advanced in Rabat, where the two navy commanders met on 21 July to discuss modernisation and...
August 7, 2026
Ramaphosa Backs Stripping the Power Grid From Eskom
Ramaphosa endorsed the Eskom transmission split on 3 August, clearing the way for an independent state operator to own a...
August 7, 2026
DR Congo Bans Copper and Cobalt Concentrate Exports, Lifting the Copper Price
A DR Congo cobalt export order seen by Reuters also bans copper concentrates outright, sending LME copper to its highest...
August 7, 2026
Rwanda Suspends 14 Tanzanian Alcohol Brands as the Methanol Crackdown Widens
Rwanda suspended imports of 14 Tanzanian alcohol brands and ordered a recall on 5 August 2026, part of a crackdown...
August 7, 2026
Benin Senate President: Patrice Talon Takes the Top Seat in the New Upper House
Benin Senate president: former head of state Patrice Talon won 24 of 25 votes on 6 August 2026, a week...
August 7, 2026
Dfcu Half-Year Loss: Crane Bank Case in London Wipes Out the Profit
The dfcu half-year loss reached Shs15.8 billion (about US$4.3 million) as Crane Bank legal costs in London swallowed an otherwise...
August 7, 2026
Diageo Collects a Record EABL Dividend While Its Exit Stays Frozen
The EABL dividend hands Diageo Sh4.47 billion (US$34.5 million) after a record year, while a Kenyan court order keeps its...
August 7, 2026