Lusaka street vendors defy deadline in Zambia’s capital
Vendors in Zambia's capital ignored a 29 September eviction deadline, as the country declared a new cholera outbreak with 11...
October 1, 2026Topic
Lobito Corridor
Angola Says Industrial Plants Rose 44% in a Year as It Looks Beyond Oil
Angola, which earns more than 90% of its exports from oil and gas, says its industrial units rose 44% in...
September 27, 2026
Angola and Philip Morris Discuss Investment and a Local Office
Philip Morris International met Angola’s foreign minister at the UN General Assembly to discuss investment opportunities and a possible office...
September 22, 2026
Angola’s Benguela Province Uses a 415-Company Trade Fair to Chase Foreign Investment
Benguela's 15th international fair opened on 9 September 2026 with 415 companies, aiming to turn the province's potential into investment.
September 13, 2026
Workers Strike at Lobito Refinery Site in Angola Over Low Salaries
Workers at Angola's Lobito refinery project have protested over "miserable salaries," highlighting labour tensions at the strategic 200,000-barrel-a-day
September 11, 2026
Angola Opens Luau Solar Park to Power Lobito Corridor Region
President João Lourenço inaugurated the Luau photovoltaic park in eastern Angola on 5 May 2026, bringing 24-hour solar power to...
September 11, 2026
Congo Signs the Lobito Corridor Rail Concession With Mota-Engil
The Lobito Corridor concession signed in Kinshasa on 26 August covers 1,004.5km of railway and an indicative US$1.258 billion investment.
August 27, 2026
Tanzania and Congo Bet on One Rail Route to Move Their Minerals
The Central Corridor is the rail and road route from Dar es Salaam to the Congolese copper belt. Both governments...
August 20, 2026
Angola and the US Deepen Naval Ties at the Rabat Maritime Summit
Angola US defence cooperation advanced in Rabat, where the two navy commanders met on 21 July to discuss modernisation and...
August 7, 2026