Geopolitics

African geopolitics: trade agreements, regional security, international partnerships, diplomatic developments, and geopolitical shifts affecting African business and investment.

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Africa gains as Italy ditches Qatar gas

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Africaspoint Editorial

Italy's Energy Minister has announced a pivot to African gas suppliers after QatarEnergy declared force majeure on five LNG shipments…

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KQ runs Dubai emergency flights, route dark

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Africaspoint Editorial

Kenya Airways operated emergency repatriation flights to Dubai on March 4 and 5 after suspending all scheduled UAE services when…

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Kenya and Ethiopia tighten military alliance

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Kenya and Ethiopia have agreed to joint military operations along the Moyale-Marsabit-Turkana corridor and LAPSSET, deepening their Defence Cooperation Agreement…

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Egypt is in Africa, not Asia

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Africaspoint Editorial

Egypt is an African country. Its entire landmass sits within Africa. The confusion stems from the Sinai Peninsula, a small…

Africa Finance Corporation AFC $2 billion record syndicated loan infrastructure 2026Africa GDP 4.2 percent growth fastest economies 2025 2026

AFC closes record $2bn syndicated loan

Africa Finance Corporation raised a record $2 billion syndicated loan on June 4, upsized from…

Africa clean energy solar power investment boom 2026Cape Town Salt River Market affordable housing Communicare 970 units 2026

Salt River Market transformed into 970 homes

Cape Town's Salt River Market site was formally handed to developer Communicare on June 8…

Admaius Capital Virunga II $500 million Africa private equity IFC 2026Africa GDP 4.2 percent growth fastest economies 2025 2026

Rwanda locks in $250m IMF credit facility

The IMF Executive Board approved Rwanda's $250 million, 38-month Extended Credit Facility on June 9,…

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Nigeria’s trade surplus triples to N7.55tn

Nigeria's Q1 2026 merchandise trade surplus surged 341% to N7.55 trillion ($4.1 billion) from N1.71…

Africa Defence IndustryAfrican Security

Africa is done buying weapons it cannot fix. Now it is building its own.

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Africa Sits on 125 Billion barrels of Oil, yet it pays World prices anyway.

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Africa Economy 2026Middle East Crisis

Iran War Sends Oil Past $100. Nigeria and Angola Are Winning. Here Is Who Is Not.

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Mahama Dares Africa to Fear Nothing from Its Own Court

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