Faith Nyasuguta Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has suggested that the world may be significantly underestimating the true size of his fortune, arguing that many of the most valuable assets in his business empire are still privately held and therefore not fully reflected in global billionaire rankings. Speaking during a street-style interview with entrepreneur and […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Niger has officially withdrawn from the International Criminal Court (ICC), deepening a growing confrontation between several African governments and the world’s top war crimes tribunal. The move marks another major step in the political realignment underway across the Sahel, where military-led governments are increasingly distancing themselves from institutions they view as instruments of […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Mali’s President, Assimi Goita, the man famous for kicking French military forces out of the Sahel, now has a massive target on his back. A notorious West African al-Qaeda branch known as JNIM, short for Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, just put out a staggering €2 million bounty to anyone who can help capture […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Guinea has slapped an immediate, total ban on the export of unrefined gold. The mandate is direct and unyielding: from this point forward, every single gram of gold mined within Guinea’s borders must be melted, certified, and processed into pure ingots at a newly built facility in the capital, Conakry, before it can […]
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Wayne Lumbasi The long straining diplomatic relationship between Nigeria and South Africa has reached a dangerous inflection point. Following a wave of anti immigrant sentiment and targeted xenophobic violence in South Africa, the Nigerian Federal Government has issued its strongest warning yet, signaling that retaliatory actions against South African corporate giants are being actively reviewed. […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Kenya is on the verge of finalizing a landmark critical minerals agreement with the United States that mandates all extracted resources be processed domestically. The announcement, made by Kenyan President William Ruto on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, signals a major victory for African nations seeking to dismantle decades-old economic models defined […]
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Faith Nyasuguta South Africa’s biggest cities are in deep trouble, and the government just secured a massive $1 billion (about R18 billion) loan to save them. Right now, the country is facing a major service crisis. In big cities like Johannesburg and Cape Town, basic infrastructure is breaking down. Taps are running dry, old pipes […]
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Faith Nyasuguta An Australian mining company, Atomic Eagle, has expanded uranium mineralisation at its Muntanga Uranium Project in Zambia, strengthening its position in one of Africa’s increasingly strategic critical minerals frontiers as global competition for uranium intensifies. The company, which fully owns the project in southern Zambia, says recent drilling at the Chisebuka deposit has […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Niger’s military-run government has officially enacted a new penal code that explicitly criminalizes same-sex relations, introducing severe prison sentences and ending the country’s long-standing status as one of the few West African nations without statutory bans on homosexuality. Under the newly updated legal framework, individuals convicted of engaging in consensual same-sex relations face […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya has officially turned to China for one of the biggest infrastructure projects in its aviation history, awarding a $2.9 billion contract to upgrade and expand Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after shelving a controversial deal with India’s Adani Group. The decision marks a major shift in the future of East Africa’s […]
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