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Somalia slides toward famine as aid collapses and Hormuz bites

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Africaspoint Editorial

Parts of southern Somalia face famine for the first time since 2022 as Hormuz disruption drives up to 60% price…

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SA minister forces Starlink showdown

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Africaspoint Editorial

Communications Minister Malatsi declared his patience exhausted with ICASA after a four-month stall on his Equity Equivalent Investment Programme policy…

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Africa’s food supply under threat: AU acts

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The African Union convened a Joint Extraordinary STC on fertiliser market disruption and food system risk from the Hormuz conflict…

Zambia Bank of Zambia interest rate cut monetary policy copper economy kwacha 2026
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Zambia cuts rates to two-year low

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Africaspoint Editorial

The Bank of Zambia cut its Monetary Policy Rate by 25 basis points to 13.25% at its May 2026 meeting,…

Endeavour Mining gold West Africa $880m EBITDA Assafou Burkina Faso Cote Ivoire 2026Kenya Airways $2 billion turnaround investor debt equity KQ Kamal 2026

Endeavour Mining posts record $880m EBITDA

Endeavour Mining, West Africa's largest gold producer, reported record adjusted EBITDA of $880 million for…

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Africa’s $164bn wealth funds eye mining

Africa's sovereign wealth funds now hold combined assets exceeding $164 billion and are being deployed…

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Abiy unveils Addis Ababa’s riverside makeover

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the Entoto-Kebena River and Riverside Development Project in Addis Ababa…

HormuzSouth Africa immigration xenophobia Ramaphosa March deportation crackdown 2026

EU’s steel tariff hits South Africa

The EU's new steel import framework took effect July 1, imposing annual quotas with a…

South Africa Transnet rail freight private operators reform logistics corridors 2026
Africa infrastructure projects 2026 constructionEnergy

SA ends rail monopoly: 11 operators in

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South Africa sheds 345,000 jobs in Q1

Uganda Kampala Museveni inauguration seventh term Kololo grounds 2026 governance politics
Africa fastest growing economies 2026 IMFIMF Sub-Saharan Africa outlook 2026

Museveni grabs seventh term: 40 years

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Africa fuel subsidies Hormuz fiscal cost 2026Hormuz

Tanzania steps in as Hormuz fuel shock hits East Africa

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