Zimbabwe Bans Raw Mineral Exports in Bold Bet to Keep Africa’s Wealth in Africa
Harare’s immediate ban on raw lithium and mineral concentrate exports is the continent’s most aggressive move yet to capture value from the global green energy boom Zimbabwe just made one of the boldest economic moves on the African continent this year. The government has fast-tracked an immediate ban on all raw mineral and lithium concentrate... Read More
Anthropic Takes the Pentagon to Court Over “Supply Chain Risk” Blacklisting
Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company behind the chatbot Claude, has filed two federal lawsuits against the Trump administration in a bid to reverse the Pentagon’s decision to designate it a “supply chain risk.” The label, typically reserved for companies tied to foreign adversaries, effectively bars defence contractors from using Anthropic’s technology in Pentagon-related... Read More
Senegal Doubles Maximum Prison Sentence for Same-Sex Relations to 10 Years
Senegal’s National Assembly has passed legislation doubling the maximum prison sentence for same-sex relations, raising it from five years to ten in a move that deepens the West African country’s crackdown on its LGBTQ community. The bill, which passed by an overwhelming majority on Wednesday, now awaits the signature of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. The... Read More
Madagascar’s Military Ruler Sacks Entire Cabinet Amid Growing Youth Pressure
Colonel Michael Randrianirina, the military officer who took control of Madagascar in October 2025, has dissolved his government and dismissed Prime Minister Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo along with the entire cabinet. The move, announced on Monday through presidential spokesperson Harry Laurent Rahajason, came without explanation but follows weeks of mounting pressure from the very youth movements that... Read More
CBN Mandates AI-Powered Anti-Money Laundering Systems Across Nigeria’s Financial Sector
Nigeria’s Central Bank has drawn a hard line on financial crime compliance, issuing a sweeping directive that requires every bank, fintech operator, and payment service provider in the country to deploy automated anti-money laundering technology. The move signals a decisive shift away from manual monitoring in a financial system that processed nearly 11 billion instant... Read More
From Rapper to Prime Minister: How Nepal’s Gen Z Revolution Just Rewrote the Political Playbook
A four-year-old political party led by a former rapper has just delivered one of the most stunning electoral landslides in modern Asian history – and the implications stretch far beyond the Himalayan nation. The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), or National Independent Party, has won over 117 of 165 directly elected seats in Nepal’s parliamentary elections,... Read More
N210 Trillion Question: Senate Summons Mele Kyari Over NNPCL’s Missing Billions
The Nigerian Senate has thrown down one of the most consequential accountability challenges in the country’s oil sector history – summoning former NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer Mele Kyari to explain alleged financial discrepancies totalling N210 trillion recorded between 2017 and 2023. The Senate Committee on Public Accounts, chaired by Senator Aliyu Wadada, issued the... Read More
Obi Makes It Official: Picks Up ADC Card, Challenges the 2026 Electoral Act
Peter Obi has drawn a line in the sand. The former Labour Party presidential candidate formally collected his African Democratic Congress membership card in his hometown of Agulu, Anambra State, on Saturday – cementing what has been months of political speculation about where his 2027 ambitions would land. But the registration was only half the... Read More
FIFA Officially Ends Nigeria’s 2026 World Cup Dream
FIFA has confirmed that the Democratic Republic of Congo will represent Africa in the intercontinental play-off tournament for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, definitively ending the Super Eagles’ hopes of competing on football’s biggest stage. The decision, communicated through an official accreditation notice to journalists on Wednesday, listed the six nations set to participate in... Read More
US Embassy Issues Security Alert for Nigeria as IMN Protests Loom in Abuja
The United States Embassy in Abuja has issued a security alert warning American citizens of planned protests by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) in the capital, recommending that all US citizens remain in their residences through Friday, March 6. The Embassy will be closed for routine business until Monday, March 9, while the US... Read More