Mauritania Opposition Unites Against a Third Term for the President
A Mauritania third term campaign by the ruling El Insaf party has drawn a formal opposition warning and pushed one...
September 22, 2026Section
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Namibia Raises State Worker Benefits From 1 October 2026
Namibia's Social Security Commission benefits rise on 1 October 2026, lifting maternity pay to about US$1,230 and most other worker...
September 22, 2026
Angola Bans Single-Use Plastics With Fines of Up to US$33,000
Angola's single-use plastics ban took effect on 22 September 2026, twelve months after the decree, with company fines reaching about...
September 22, 2026
UK Brings Its First Rwanda Genocide Charges Against a London Doctor
Rwanda genocide charges reached a UK court on 22 September 2026 as Dr Vincent Brown appeared in London. He entered...
September 22, 2026
Gabon’s 2027 Budget Lifts Debt Interest Costs by Almost 37 Percent
Gabon debt interest charges are set to rise 36.9 percent in 2027, to about US$1.18 billion, under the draft budget...
September 22, 2026
Burkina Faso Asks Its Banks to Help Fund a US$63 Billion Growth Plan
Plan RELANCE, Burkina Faso's US$63 billion development plan, drew bank and microfinance chiefs to a funding meeting on 22 September...
September 22, 2026
Ivory Coast Freezes Small-Scale Mine Permits as State Bank Meets Miners
BNI mining risk filled a full day in Abidjan on 22 September 2026, five days after Côte d'Ivoire froze new...
September 22, 2026
Nigeria Keeps Electricity Tariffs Frozen at a US$1.45 Billion Cost
Nigeria tariff freeze stays in place as Abuja rules out a price rise, with the 2025 power subsidy put at...
September 22, 2026
Nigeria Orders Every Filling Station to Recalibrate Its Fuel Pumps
Nigeria's NMDPRA warns petrol stations that persistent under-dispensing can lead to licence revocation, and orders nationwide calibration of fuel pumps.
September 22, 2026