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Niamey woke up to gunfire on Saturday, August 29, 2026. Since around 1 am, automatic weapon fire and explosions have…

Moody’s Ratings downgraded Senegal’s sovereign rating from Caa1 to Caa2 on Friday, August 28, 2026, with a negative outlook. This…...

Mali and the United Nations are strengthening their cooperation framework. The Board of Directors of the United Nations Development Programme…

The Minister of Environment and Ecological Transition, Abou Bamba, wants to make the fight against illegal gold mining a major…

Harmony Gold announced an 87% increase in its headline earnings per share for the fiscal year and a final dividend…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging monetary authorities to abandon rigid forward guidance on interest rates, which is losing…

At first glance, the working visit of Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço to Kinshasa appears to be a classic…

Announced during the board meeting on July 6, 2026, the appointment of Emmanuel N. Nnorom as Chairman of the Board…

Following a simultaneous auction of Treasury Bills (BAT) with a maturity of 364 days and Treasury Bonds (OAT) with maturities…...

The African private equity market is seeing a flurry of activity. Fundraising, new institutional commitments, direct investments, and portfolio exits…

Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed was elected on Thursday, August 27, 2026 in Jeddah as Secretary General of the…...

The consolidated revenue of LabelVie Group, a Moroccan retail chain, increased by 17% in the first half of 2026 compared…...

Gregory P. Tosi, a lawyer in Washington, D.C., and former legal advisor to the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate,…

The pan-African Ventures Platform II Fund has secured a commitment of up to $8 million from the European Bank for…

The Rabat-New Delhi axis is strengthening. Meeting on August 24, 2026 in Rabat for the 7th session of the Morocco-India…

Ghana recorded approximately $2.61 billion in investments spread across 253 projects in the year 2025. This performance was officially announced…

According to the mid-term evaluation report of the National Development Strategy 2020-2030 (SND30), local production only covers 5% of the…

Two French filmmakers, Gaël Mocaër and Sebastian Perez Pezzani, along with their Togolese fixer Fred Vedomey, have been detained in…

The Niger has carried out a first revision of its 2026 budget, with the envelope now set at 2,980.54 billion…

As of August 26, 2026, African markets are displaying performance differentials rarely seen before. Accra leads with +71.57% since January,…

Two fires in less than 48 hours, two 33/15 kV substations affected, a part of Nouakchott without electricity and three…...

By KONÉ Péléni Jonathan Aimé, PhD in private law, specialist in banking law, credit law, and consumer law. Temporary teaching…

During his official visit to Paris on August 23 and 24, 2026, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi…...

Romy Castel and Alain Castel obtained on Friday, August 21, injunctions from the Singapore High Court preventing the replacement of…...

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) group approved, during a board meeting held on Thursday, August 13, 2026, the appointment…

Chad is strengthening its external financing. On Thursday, August 20, the Minister of Finance, Tahir Hamid Nguilin, signed two agreements…

China Chengxin International Credit Rating (CCXI) has confirmed Afreximbank’s AAA rating, with a stable outlook, for the second consecutive year.…

By Lansana Gagny SAKHO Adm.A, C.M.C The recent increase in fuel prices in Senegal has reopened a debate that cyclically…

For the year 2025, shareholders of TotalEnergies Marketing Côte d’Ivoire, a subsidiary of the multinational TotalEnergies, will receive their dividends…

At the end of the first half of 2026, the turnover of the Industrial Company of Electrical Equipment and Materials…...