Africa Intelligence Brief — Saturday, August 29, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 29: AU ministers draft prevention decisions in Luanda, Congo’s outbreak reaches 5,794 confirmed cases, and...
August 29, 2026Section
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A New Fund Wants Pension Money to Build Nigeria’s Infrastructure
A new Nigeria infrastructure fund from Africa Finance Corporation seeks domestic pension money, backed by a US$253 million Green Climate...
August 29, 2026
Angola’s Economy Grew 8.74% in Q2, With Diamonds Out Front
Angola GDP growth reached 8.74% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, with the non-oil economy up 9.24%...
August 29, 2026
Eskom’s Best Grid Year in Six Comes With a US$187 Million Caveat
Eskom diesel spending fell 82.38% to R1.04 billion this financial year, even as the utility conceded R3 billion in payments...
August 29, 2026
Ceuta Protesters Confront Police as Migrant Standoff Deepens
Ceuta migrant protests turned violent as police cleared two beaches and demonstrators blocked Red Cross aid, a month after a...
August 29, 2026
Salif Keïta Cancels South African Shows Over Xenophobic Violence
Salif Keïta South Africa performances are cancelled, including a Macufe date on 12 September, over xenophobic violence against African migrants.
August 29, 2026
Uganda’s Boy King Is Dead at 34, and Tooro Has No Named Heir
King Oyo of Tooro, crowned in Uganda at the age of three and once the world's youngest monarch, has died...
August 29, 2026
Chad Says a Sudanese Air Strike Killed 12 at a Border Fuel Market
A Sudanese air strike in Chad killed at least 12 at a border fuel market, officials say, as Washington condemned...
August 29, 2026
Tunisia’s Saied Calls the Power Cuts Sabotage and Names No One
Tunisia power cuts and water outages were deliberately planned sabotage, President Kais Saied said, without naming a suspect, agency or...
August 29, 2026