Governance
African governance and policy news: elections, regulatory decisions, government-business relationships, institutional reforms, and policy developments that move markets.
Mozambique president declares war on corruption
President Daniel Chapo has called for civil and criminal accountability of public managers, announcing new oversight bodies and a State…
Angola silences NGOs with new law
Angola's President João Lourenço has signed a law giving the government sweeping powers to authorise, suspend, and financially restrict NGOs…
Somalia approves its first official constitution
Somalia's federal parliament has voted 223 to zero to adopt the country's first official constitution, ending decades of provisional governance…
Zimbabwe’s mineral ban: smugglers triggered it
Zimbabwe's Cabinet has formally ratified the immediate ban on all raw mineral and lithium concentrate exports, revealing that the rush…
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DStv sets World Cup streaming record
DStv Stream recorded over 900,000 concurrent viewers for South Africa's opening World Cup 2026 match…
Nigeria slams the IMF’s tax prescriptions
A Nigerian think tank, the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics, has criticised the IMF's…
Stop checking passports, SA minister warns
South Africa's Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi warned at an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration briefing on…
Dangote’s petrol unit is down 34%
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has been running its main petrol-producing RFCCU unit at 34% below…