Brazil’s Banco Master Asset Freeze Reaches a Picasso and Two Basquiats
A Brazilian justice froze art, homes and boats held abroad in the Banco Master asset freeze. A Picasso and two...
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Brazilian Steel Shares Split as Import Barriers Hold
Gerdau rose 0.98% to US$5.15 on Friday while CSN fell 7.97% to US$1.27, though CSN still ended the week higher....
September 14, 2026
Brazil Supreme Court Votes Tuesday on Investigating One of Its Own
Brazil's top court votes on Tuesday on whether police may investigate Justice Alexandre de Moraes. No sitting justice has faced...
September 14, 2026
Zinc Falls to US$4,015 a Tonne but Scarcity Premium Holds
Zinc settled at US$4,015 a tonne on Friday, down 2.19%, yet nearby metal still costs US$143 more than metal for...
September 14, 2026
Johannesburg Faces Contempt Proceedings Over Emergency Housing
Residents of an informal settlement have brought contempt proceedings against Johannesburg’s mayor and city manager over unprovided emergency
September 14, 2026
Lithium Slides as a Data Revision Doubles China’s Stockpiles
Lithium futures fell 5% to about US$20,100 a tonne on Friday after a Chinese data provider doubled its reported stockpiles....
September 14, 2026
Ramaphosa Sends a North West Transport Tender to the SIU
A proclamation signed on 11 September directs the Special Investigating Unit to examine an R168 million North West transport tender...
September 14, 2026
Namibian Sardine Deaths Sent for Testing as South Africa Curbs Catches
South Africa has limited sardine catches after confirming pilchard herpesvirus. Namibia is testing samples from Henties Bay and has restricted...
September 14, 2026
Trump Says He Will Remove US Tariffs on Irish Whiskey
Trump said at Doonbeg he would lift the 10% tariff on Irish whiskey. No order has been issued; the parallel...
September 14, 2026
Algerian Prime Minister Due in Bamako to Deepen the Mali Reset
Algeria’s prime minister was due in Bamako on Monday with a message from President Tebboune, continuing a reset that reopened...
September 14, 2026
Tshisekedi Signs the Ordinance Creating His Dialogue Committee
Félix Tshisekedi signed an ordinance on 13 September creating the committee to organise a national dialogue, two days before an...
September 14, 2026
Kenya’s US$2.6 Billion Infrastructure Fund Is Already Law
Kenya’s National Infrastructure Fund has been in force since March with Sh340 billion in seed capital and a statutory ban...
September 14, 2026
Ghana’s Trade Surplus Hit US$8.8 Billion in the First Half
Ghana ran an US$8.8 billion trade surplus and a US$5.1 billion current account surplus in the first half of 2026,...
September 14, 2026
GOIL Will Set Its Ghana Fuel Price by 16 September
GOIL says it will announce its pricing position by 16 September after holding prices through a window in which Brent...
September 14, 2026
Ghana Weighs an Extra Tema Berth as Cement Costs Rise
Ghana is considering an extra Tema berth after cement makers added a GH¢12 surcharge for port delays. The ports authority...
September 14, 2026
Kano–Katsina Rail Nears Opening With Land Claims Unsettled
Nigeria says the Kano–Katsina railway is 80% complete for a December opening, while 3,252 enumerated landowners along the route remain...
September 14, 2026
Nigerian Exchange Listings Near US$2 Billion in 2026
Corporate listings on the Nigerian Exchange reached about N2.7 trillion in 2026. Banks and insurers are roughly a third of...
September 14, 2026
Dangote Lifts Nigerian Petrol to About US$1.02 a Litre
Dangote raised its petrol gantry price to N1,350 a litre from 12 September, a cumulative N185 rise across four increases...
September 14, 2026
Copper Ends First Losing Week Since June on Tariff Stall
Copper closed at US$14,233 a tonne on Friday after a record high and a stalled US tariff plan, ending its...
September 14, 2026
Olam Agri Enters Nigeria’s Cattle Feed Market
Olam Agri launched a cattle feed range in Kaduna, its first ruminant nutrition move in Nigeria. The market it is...
September 14, 2026