Guinea Signs Mining Convention With State-Owned Nimba Mining Company
Guinea signed a mining convention with state-owned Nimba Mining Company on 6 August, with Glencore as offtaker. A structural headwind...
August 8, 2026Topic
West Africa
Nigeria’s NNPC Listing: Tinubu Commits, But Sets No Date
Tinubu says the whole of NNPC will be listed. But he named no date for the NNPC listing, and the...
August 8, 2026
Benin Senate President: Patrice Talon Takes the Top Seat in the New Upper House
Benin Senate president: former head of state Patrice Talon won 24 of 25 votes on 6 August 2026, a week...
August 7, 2026
Senegal Jails Three Pro-PASTEF Commentators for Offending the President
A Dakar court has jailed three pro-PASTEF commentators for offending President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in a TikTok video. Their lawyers...
August 6, 2026
Nigeria’s NAICOM Issues New Licences to 43 Recapitalised Insurers
Nigeria's NAICOM recapitalisation has licensed 43 insurers that met capital floors of up to ₦35bn (about US$26m), leaving up to...
August 6, 2026
Ghana Orders Refineries to Pay for Local Crude in Local Currency
Ghana cedi crude payments are President Mahama's answer to a costly dollar rule, telling refineries TOR and Sentuo to pay...
August 6, 2026
Guinea Opts Out of ECOWAS Eco Currency Before 2027 Launch
Guinea has become the first ECOWAS member to opt out of the eco single currency ahead of its 2027 launch,...
August 6, 2026
Guinea Army Loyalty Pledged to President Doumbouya After Rebuke
Guinea’s military high command has publicly reaffirmed its loyalty to President Mamady Doumbouya, signalling unity after a wave of criticism...
August 4, 2026
Ghana Cashew Processing Stalls Below 6% Despite Export Boom
Ghana cashew processing handled about 15,000 of 262,000 tonnes grown in 2025, a new Nitidae study finds, as farm-gate prices...
August 4, 2026