Kenya Shut Its Soda Ash Mine. Tanzania Is Selling the Replacement
Tanzania has opened the Engaruka soda ash project to investors, with proposals closing 18 September, days after Kenya suspended Tata...
August 15, 2026Section
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Drones Hit Libya’s Biggest Working Refinery as Oil Output Nears a 13-Year High
Five drone strikes hit Libya's Zawiya refinery between 9 and 11 August, collapsing a petrol tank and prompting a force...
August 15, 2026
Ghana Has Lost 8,900 Hectares of Forest to Illegal Mining
Ghana illegal mining has affected about 8,900 hectares of forest reserve, and Cabinet has approved cutting large-scale mining leases from...
August 15, 2026
West Africa Wants to Stop Pricing Its Petrol Off Europe
A West Africa fuel benchmark would end the region's reliance on European price references, Nigeria's regulator argued in Abuja. Nothing...
August 15, 2026
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief August 14, 2026: The Spending Cracked
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for August 14: American retail sales fell 0.6% in July, the steepest drop since May...
August 14, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief August 14, 2026: Growth Bought From Savings
Europe Intelligence Brief for August 14: the euro area grew 0.4% in the second quarter, matching the United States exactly,...
August 14, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief August 14, 2026: An Invitation To Challenge
Asia Intelligence Brief for August 14: the yen has given back half the gains from a joint intervention and traders...
August 14, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief August 14, 2026: The Count That Stopped
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 14: Zambia's electoral commission suspended vote counting nationwide over violence and stolen ballots, while the
August 14, 2026
Africa Hands One Firm a 20-Year Deal to Digitise Its Borders
The AfCFTA customs modernisation project gives Bergmans a 20-year, US$3.1 billion concession to digitise borders across about 50 African countries.
August 14, 2026