Human Rights Watch Says Russia’s Africa Corps Killed Nine Villagers in Mali
Human Rights Watch says Russia's Africa Corps killed nine civilians at Bombori in Mali on 10 July 2026, including four...
August 21, 2026Section
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Colombia Economy Grew 3.5% in the Second Quarter, Led by Public Spending
Colombia economy grew 3.5% in the second quarter of 2026, DANE says, with public administration and services leading the way.
August 21, 2026
Zimbabwe’s Mining Exports Doubled. Its Reserves Still Cover 1.7 Months of Imports
Zimbabwe mining exports reached US$6.21bn in the first half of 2026, up 121%, but usable reserves of US$1.7bn covered only...
August 21, 2026
Colombia Tariff Relief Request Goes to Washington After the Earthquake
Colombia tariff relief request goes to Washington after the earthquake. Learn about the 12.5% duty suspension and ongoing trade talks.
August 21, 2026
Equinor Buys Into a Namibian Block With a Prospect Ready to Drill
Equinor Namibia enters PEL 90 in the Orange Basin with a 17.4% stake bought from Chevron, joining QatarEnergy and NAMCOR...
August 21, 2026
Colombia Labour Rules From the Petro Era Are Scrapped, and Unions Are Angry
Colombia labour rules from the Petro era are scrapped as the ministry repeals 11 circulars, but the 2025 reform law...
August 21, 2026
Nigeria’s Biggest Banks Cannot Publish Their Half-Year Accounts Yet
Nigeria bank results for the first half of 2026 have slipped to late September and October at GTCO, Zenith and...
August 21, 2026
Chinese Builders Are on Every Package of Ethiopia’s New Airport
The Bishoftu airport shortlist puts ten Chinese contractors across all four packages of a US$12.5bn first phase, with one US...
August 21, 2026
Libya Ties a Company’s Access to Dollars to the Tax It Has Actually Paid
Libya hard currency access is now set by formula: 30 times a company's average income tax plus 10 times its...
August 21, 2026
Egyptians Abroad Sent Home a Record US$47.3 Billion in a Single Year
Egypt remittances reached a record US$47.3bn in the year to June 2026, up 29.6%, as the diaspora moved transfers back...
August 21, 2026
Djibouti Is Repricing Its Sky for the First Time Since 2002
Djibouti overflight charges are being rewritten for the first time since 2002, with a new en-route fee and a passenger...
August 21, 2026
Kenya Moved Three Railway Loans Out of Dollars and Into Yuan
Kenya yuan debt has more than doubled to 11.7% of external borrowing, worth about US$5.1bn, after three SGR loans were...
August 21, 2026
West Africa’s Shared Stock Market Just Passed US$35 Billion for the First Time
The BRVM crossed 20 trillion CFA francs, about US$35.7bn, on 20 August 2026, after a rally of more than 50%...
August 21, 2026
Gold & Silver Wrap: Mexico, Peru Read the Rally
Gold held firm and silver jumped on Thursday, August 20, 2026, as a softer dollar met steady safe-haven demand. Here...
August 21, 2026
Bitcoin Jumps to US$73,033 as Treasury Buybacks Lift Crypto
Bitcoin closed at US$73,033, up 5.44%, after a US Treasury buyback plan and a short squeeze. Here is the Latin...
August 21, 2026
Lithium Wrap: Chile SQM Jumps 4.07% on Thursday
SQM added 4.07% while Albemarle dipped 0.07% and LIT closed flat. Chinese lithium carbonate eased 0.43% to 151,000 CNY/tonne, still...
August 21, 2026
Copper Slips as Chile Supply, China Demand Weigh
Copper futures eased on Thursday, August 20 as investors weighed strained Chilean output against softer global factory signals. The US-listed...
August 21, 2026
Zinc Wrap: Peru, Brazil Miners Rise on Supply Tightness
Zinc proxies Nexa and Buenaventura moved as supply tightening and low inventories supported prices near multi-year highs on Thursday, August...
August 21, 2026
Iron Ore Wrap: Vale Rises While China Steel Falters
Iron ore steadied near US$95 on Thursday; Vale's US shares rose 2.37% while CSN Mineração fell. China's steel output is...
August 21, 2026
Oil Wrap: USO up 2.77% on Hormuz Supply Risk
WTI-tracking USO closed at US$134.54, up 2.77%, as Middle East chokepoint risk outweighed regional news on Brazil pre-salt, Guyana's Stabroek,...
August 21, 2026