Nigeria Court Orders Regulator to Keep Licensing Fuel Importers
A Nigerian court says the fuel regulator broke the law by stalling import licences, as Dangote's giant refinery pushes to...
September 29, 2026Section
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South Africa’s Gold Fields Rebuffed in US$27 Billion Australian Gold Bid
The Gold Fields bid for Australia's Northern Star, worth US$27 billion, was rejected as opportunistic on 28 September; Gold Fields...
September 29, 2026
South Africa Lands Its First Runway Show on the Paris Fashion Week Calendar
Knitwear label MaXhosa Africa became the first South African brand to hold a full runway show on the official Paris...
September 29, 2026
South Africa Faces US$51 Million Bill to Repair Its Embassies Abroad
South Africa's embassies need about US$51 million in repairs, a foreign ministry reply shows, with London's Trafalgar Square landmark among...
September 29, 2026
Ghana’s Accra Airport Picks Up Two More Passenger Service Honours
Accra's main airport, renamed from Kotoka in February, won two honours from Africa's airport body in Abuja, weeks after two...
September 29, 2026
Tanzania Closes Two Kilimanjaro Climbing Routes as Wildfire Spreads
Tanzania has shut two of the six climbing routes on Mount Kilimanjaro as a wildfire spreads, the second blaze on...
September 29, 2026
Senegal opens Dakar airport train, cutting the trip to 55 minutes
Senegal's new Dakar airport train reaches the main airport in 55 minutes for about US$7, weeks before Africa's first Olympic...
September 29, 2026
South Africa’s Mbeki Foundation Warns US Afrikaner Push Risks Racial Rift
A foundation set up by ex-president Thabo Mbeki says US backing for Afrikaner autonomy could deepen South Africa's racial divide...
September 29, 2026
Nigeria Edges Toward State Police as Rivers Becomes Third State to Back It
Nigeria's state police bill won its third state backing as Rivers voted in favour on 28 September; at least 24...
September 29, 2026