The Rio Times — Africa Pulse Covering: Mali · Sahel · Somalia · Piracy · DRC · Latin Americans · Dangote · Jet Fuel · Europe · Afreximbank · Minerals · Nigeria · Coup · KwaZulu-Natal · Uganda What Matters Today 1 Mali Hit by Largest Coordinated Attacks in Years — Defence Minister Sadio Camara […]

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What Matters Today 1 More than 200 people are feared dead after Nigerian military jets struck a village market in Yobe State on Saturday night while pursuing Boko Haram militants — the Air Force confirmed an operation in the Jilli axis but did not mention hitting the market, while a local councillor told Reuters “over […]

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What Matters Today 1 FTSE Russell reclassifies Nigeria to frontier market status effective September 2026 — ending a two-year exile from its indices after naira reform cleared FX queues, passing ratings across regulatory oversight, capital repatriation, settlement efficiency and tax framework, unlocking passive index fund flows into Africa’s largest economy 2 Ethiopia extends Tigray administrator […]

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Africa intelligence brief: Afreximbank launches $10B Gulf crisis fund. 52 CSOs warn Nigeria collapse. Kenya budget Sh4.7T. EACOP London case.

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