Morocco Votes on 23 September With Turnout the Real Test
Twenty-eight formations are contesting 395 seats. The largest Islamist movement is urging abstention, and participation is the number the palace...
September 14, 2026Section
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Eritrea Accuses the UAE of Port Imperialism in Africa
In a rare interview, Eritrea’s foreign minister says Gulf port deals around the Horn are not about commerce, and reveals...
September 14, 2026
Somali Pirates Free the MV Sward After 138 Days
Seventeen crew are free after a ransom. The hijacked ship had been used to seize three more, and four vessels...
September 14, 2026
Uganda Oil Delayed Again, Now Targeting June 2027
The finance minister gave parliament a new date on 11 September. It is the seventh target since 2018, and the...
September 14, 2026
BRICS Declaration Presses Africa’s Case on Trade and Reform
The New Delhi text backs Ethiopia’s WTO bid and opposes carbon border levies. It voices concerns about tariffs and condemns...
September 14, 2026
Ramaphosa Asks the Court to Halt His Own Impeachment Inquiry
The president is the applicant in the Western Cape High Court, seeking to set aside the panel report behind the...
September 14, 2026
South Africa Local Elections Set for 4 November 2026
Ten thousand council seats are up on 4 November. The ANC polls at 31%, and the MK Party is on...
September 14, 2026
South African Banks Race Into Kenya as FirstRand Waits
Nedbank has taken control of NCBA and Absa has raised its stake. FirstRand wants in, and its chief executive says...
September 14, 2026
South Africa Deportation Costs Were Misreported by a Factor of 100
A dropped decimal turned 175 million rand into 17 billion. The corrected figures show removals are cheap and most departures...
September 14, 2026
Tooro Kingdom Succession Splits Uganda’s Royal Family
Clan elders named a 56-year-old cousin king over the grave. The dead king’s will names a son nobody has produced,...
September 14, 2026
Zimbabwe Ends Direct Presidential Elections in New Amendment
The amendment signed in July gives Mnangagwa two more years. It also hands the choice of president from voters to...
September 14, 2026
Niger Mutiny Leaves Russia Stronger in the Sahel
Soldiers attacked the palace and the main air base on 29 August. Russia’s ambassador says Africa Corps was asked to...
September 14, 2026
Senegal Debt Plan Avoids the Word Restructuring
Senegal has asked the G20 to organise talks with bondholders over US$5 billion. Its finance minister says it is a...
September 14, 2026
Ebola in Congo Passes 7,000 Cases as Countries Close Borders
Congo’s worst Ebola outbreak has killed nearly 3,400 people. The licensed vaccine does not work on this strain, and thirty...
September 14, 2026
Burkina Faso Territory Is 74.53% Under Government Control, the Junta Says. Nobody Else Can Check.
The junta publishes territorial control to two decimal places. Independent researchers put militant reach anywhere from 40% to 80% of...
September 14, 2026
A Methamphetamine Case Built on a Boat With No Flag Reaches a Kenyan Courtroom
The vessel carried no flag, no registration and no transponder, 350 nautical miles off Mombasa. A magistrate has ruled there...
September 14, 2026
Algeria Tourism Draws a Sixth of Morocco’s Visitors. Its Answer Is an AI Competition.
Morocco took 19.8 million visitors last year and Algeria about 3.5 million. A national contest closes this month with results...
September 14, 2026
The Zanzibar Unity Government Reserves Seats for the Election Loser. They Have Sat Empty for Ten Months.
A referendum in 2010 made power-sharing compulsory after any close election. The opposition lost in 2025, rejected the result, and...
September 14, 2026
Tanzania Cotton Farmers Say One Buyer Turns Up. The Prime Minister Has Given the Ministry a Month.
Thirty years after the trade was opened to competition, growers in the northwest say they face one buyer. The government...
September 14, 2026
Cost of Living Salvador Bahia 2026 — Rent, Power and Carnival in Northeast Brazil
Rent by district, the food basket, the bus fare and the power bill. What the cost of living Salvador, Bahia...
September 14, 2026