Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is Now the Second Largest on Record
The DRC Ebola outbreak has reached 4,665 cases and 2,184 deaths across six provinces, with no vaccine approved for the...
August 15, 2026Section
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MTN Writes Down Iran Again as Its Trapped Stake Keeps Costing
The MTN Iran impairment of R2.13 a share will cut statutory earnings per share by 20% to 30%, even as...
August 15, 2026
Zimbabwe Declares a Disaster After 46 Die on Lake Kariba
The Lake Kariba ferry disaster has killed 46 people. Zimbabwe's civil protection unit says the vessel carried 114 adults against...
August 15, 2026
Botswana’s US$16 Billion Railway Has a Study, a Route and No Start Date
The Trans-Kalahari Railway feasibility study is complete, but Botswana's minister says the US$16 billion coal line cannot pay for itself...
August 15, 2026
Rwanda Will Name 22 Baby Gorillas. Here Is What That Is Worth
Kwita Izina 2026 will name 22 mountain gorilla infants on 4 September at Kinigi, taking Rwanda's total to 460, in...
August 15, 2026
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, 2026
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