Eastern Congo’s Ceasefire Finally Gets Its First Inspectors
The first eastern Congo ceasefire inspection is due on Monday 24 August at Minembwe, four months after the body meant...
August 23, 2026Section
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World Bank Bars Kenya’s eCitizen Builder Over a Somalia Contract
A World Bank debarment has shut Webmasters Kenya and its founder out of Bank-financed contracts until June 2031 over a...
August 23, 2026
South Africa Sells Zimbabwe Eight Times What It Buys Back
South Africa Zimbabwe trade was worth R81 billion in 2025, about US$4.6 billion, and Pretoria sells roughly eight rand of...
August 23, 2026
Kenyan Banks Hold US$17 Billion of Their Own Government’s Debt
Kenya banks government debt holdings run to about KSh 2.2 trillion, or US$17 billion, which the World Bank puts at...
August 23, 2026
Morocco Now Buys Almost All of France’s Arms Sales in North Africa
Morocco France arms exports hit 532.1 million euros in 2025, forty times the year before and almost the whole of...
August 23, 2026
Morocco Votes on 23 September, and Candidates Register Online First
The Morocco election falls on 23 September 2026, with online candidacy filing opening at 8 am on 31 August and...
August 22, 2026
Tanzania Paid US$2.8 Billion for Its Biggest Dam. Egypt Built It
The Julius Nyerere hydropower plant, 2,115 megawatts built by Egyptian contractors for Sh7.452 trillion, was inaugurated on 22 August 2026.
August 22, 2026
Nine in Every Ten Naira Traded in Lagos Now Comes From Nigerians
Nigeria stock market domestic investors drove 89.21% of trading to July 2026, even as US$4 billion came off the exchange...
August 22, 2026
Ghana Booked US$1.91 Billion of Investment. Only US$88 Million Was New
Ghana foreign direct investment hit US$2.62 billion in 2025, but 95.4% of the balance-of-payments inflow was reinvested earnings from firms...
August 22, 2026