Nigeria School Rescue: 45 Freed After 56 Days, No Ransom
Nigeria school rescue: forces freed 39 pupils and six teachers held 56 days by suspected Ansaru militants in Oyo State,...
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Africa Intelligence Brief — Monday, July 13, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief July 13 — Nigeria mourns over 700 flood victims as South Africa faces mass anti-immigration protests. Ghana...
July 13, 2026
Rio Tinto Ships First Simandou Iron Ore as Guinea Bauxite Power Faces China Test
Guinea bauxite remains the mining base as Simandou iron ore ramps up toward 120 Mtpa, with China controlling the offtake...
July 13, 2026
Rio Harp Festival Brings 58 Free Concerts to the City in July
The Rio Harp Festival returns for its 21st year with more than 58 free concerts and 150 musicians from 20-plus...
July 13, 2026
Air Tanzania, Barred From Europe, Bets Its Future on Asia
Air Tanzania, banned from EU skies since 2024, is pointing its Dreamliners east: daily Mumbai flights, Guangzhou and reported Moscow...
July 13, 2026
Egypt’s Builder Hassan Allam Eyes Gulf and Cairo Listings for Its Units
Hassan Allam is weighing Gulf and Cairo listings for real-estate and infrastructure units, opening a funding channel while the parent...
July 13, 2026
Central Africa Joins PAPSS, the Payment System That Cuts Out the Dollar
PAPSS Central Africa expansion: BEAC brings six CEMAC countries into the instant-payment network, now 28 nations settling trade in local...
July 13, 2026
Angola’s Richest Man Doubles His Stake in the Block 17/06 Oil Field
Angola Block 17/06 changes hands: Sonangol cedes 5% to António Mosquito's Falcon Oil, doubling the tycoon's stake in the TotalEnergies-operated...
July 13, 2026
Nigeria’s Oil Production Hits a 74-Month High, Beating Its OPEC Quota
Nigeria oil production hit 1.735 million barrels a day in June 2026 - a 74-month high at 104% of its...
July 13, 2026
Cameroon Sugar Upstart Bets $100 Million Against Castel
Nassourou Issa's $100M Cameroon sugar mill targets 300,000 tons by 2028, challenging the Castel family's Sosucam with Société Générale backing.
July 12, 2026
Telecel Bids £450 Million for TalkTalk’s UK Backbone
Telecel TalkTalk bid: the pan-African operator offers up to £450 million for PXC, the UK wholesale network arm, with Epiris...
July 12, 2026
Sawiris Takes Majority Control of OCI as Buyout Nears End
Sawiris OCI takeover: NNS Holding tops 55% of the Amsterdam-listed group as the €4.10-a-share offer, backed by the board, heads...
July 12, 2026
Mali and Algeria End 15-Month Rupture and Reopen the Skies
Mali Algeria relations reset on July 10, 2026: ambassadors return and airspace reopens, 15 months after a Malian drone was...
July 12, 2026
Congo Seals Glencore’s Mine Offices Over $3 Billion Claim
The Glencore Congo tax dispute: agents sealed Kamoto Copper's offices in Kolwezi over a claim of about $3 billion, while...
July 12, 2026
Libya Pumps Like It’s 2013, but Libyans See Little of It
Libya oil production reached about 1.49 million bpd, the highest since 2013, as BP, Shell and Exxon return — but...
July 12, 2026
Alikiba’s Big Bet: Turning Kiswahili Into a Music Market
Alikiba, OkayAfrica’s July Artist of the Month, is turning hit song “Finale” into a bet that Kiswahili can unite East...
July 12, 2026
Burkina Faso’s Coris Bank Knocks on Cameroon’s Door
Coris Bank International has incorporated a Cameroonian subsidiary with CFA26 billion (€40M) in share capital in Douala, pending COBAC and...
July 12, 2026
South Africa Turns Off the Money Tap to 69 Municipalities
South African municipalities lost their July transfers: Treasury froze R13.5 billion across 69 councils, including R3.6 billion for Johannesburg.
July 12, 2026
Burkina Faso Lands $300 Million for Its Biggest Power Plant
A Burkina Faso power plant of 119 MW, the country’s biggest, reached financial close with $300 million from AFC, built...
July 12, 2026
World Cup 2026 England Beat Norway 2-1 to Reach the Semi-Finals
World Cup 2026 England reach the semi-finals as Jude Bellingham scores twice, including an extra-time winner, to beat Norway 2-1...
July 12, 2026