Congo-Brazzaville Owes Almost as Much as It Produces
Congo-Brazzaville debt reached 97.2 percent of GDP at end-2025, far above the CEMAC ceiling, while oil still supplies 90 percent...
September 4, 2026Topic
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Gabon Cut Its Revenue Forecast by a Fifth and Kept Spending
The Gabon revised budget cuts revenue projections 22 percent to 3.24 trillion CFA francs while spending holds, which investors say...
September 4, 2026
West Africa’s Busiest Transshipment Port Belongs to One of Its Smallest States
The Togo Port of Lome is West Africa's largest transshipment hub, handling 2.06 million containers and underwriting an economy that...
September 4, 2026
Sierra Leone Is Trying to Turn a Diamond Reputation Into a Minerals Business
Sierra Leone critical minerals ambitions rest on iron ore, a financed gold project and offshore surveys, with growth easing to...
September 4, 2026
Madagascar Reopened Its Mining Register After Sixteen Years
Madagascar mining permits are being issued again after a sixteen-year freeze, reopening graphite, nickel, cobalt and rare earth ground to...
September 4, 2026
Most of the World’s Ylang-Ylang Comes From Three Small Islands
Comoros ylang-ylang supplies most of the world's perfume industry, yet the islands remain at high risk of debt distress and...
September 4, 2026
Africa’s Richest Country Per Head Is an Archipelago of 100,000 People
The Seychelles blue economy underpins Africa's highest GDP per capita, with tuna, tourism and a pioneering blue bond behind a...
September 4, 2026
Malawi Will Not Devalue, and the IMF Will Not Sign
The Malawi forex crisis has left fuel and medicine imports rationed, and a new IMF programme is stuck on the...
September 4, 2026
Eswatini’s Budget Rests on a Customs Cheque It Does Not Control
The Eswatini IMF Article IV mission left Mbabane with a deficit near 5.9 percent of GDP and public debt heading...
September 4, 2026