39 briefs
RSSOil near $100 pushes up fuel prices across Africa
Brent crude has traded around $100 a barrel since late September, and African fuel importers are passing the cost on to motorists.
Ghana · Namibia · Zambia
South Africa’s Sanlam bids to buy out and delist Santam
South African financial group Sanlam offered on 5 October to buy the 37.3% of short-term insurer Santam that it does not already own and to delist the company.
South Africa
DR Congo’s army claims gains as mediators meet M23
Congolese troops and allied Wazalendo militias said they had retaken several villages from the M23 rebels in North Kivu's Masisi territory and in South Kivu's Kalehe on 5 October.
Democratic Republic of Congo · Rwanda
Kenya clears its investors to buy Dangote refinery shares
Kenya's Capital Markets Authority (CMA) approved on 5 October global depositary receipts that let Kenyan investors buy into the initial public offering (IPO) of Nigeria's Dangote refinery.
Kenya · Nigeria
Ethiopia’s Abiy starts second term as Tigray war continues
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was sworn in for a second five-year term on 5 October at the first session of the new House of Peoples' Representatives.
Eritrea · Ethiopia
EU suspends Namibian meat imports over foot-and-mouth outbreak
The European Union (EU) has suspended imports of fresh beef, sheep and goat meat and of biltong from Namibia after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the EU said on 5 October.
Namibia
Dry weather threatens Côte d’Ivoire’s main cocoa crop
Cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire, the world's largest producer, fear the main harvest will end early after another dry week, Reuters reported on 5 October.
Côte d'Ivoire
France commits €100 million to Benin’s power grid
France signed financing worth about €100 million ($117 million) with Benin on 5 October during President Romuald Wadagni's visit to the Élysée Palace.
Benin
Ethiopian federal forces take Tigray capital Mekelle
Ethiopian federal forces and allied fighters entered Mekelle, the capital of Tigray, on 4 October after the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) announced its withdrawal.
Ethiopia
Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea join Egypt in Alamein declaration
The leaders of Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan issued a joint declaration in New Alamein, Egypt, on 4 October.
Eritrea · Ethiopia · Somalia · Sudan
Sudan’s war nears Blue Nile capital on Ethiopian border
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) said on 4 October they had seized positions at Al-Kadalou, about 60 kilometres from Ed Damazin, the capital of Sudan's Blue Nile state.
Sudan
South Sudan’s Kiir visits Kenya ahead of December elections
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir travelled to Nairobi on 4 October for talks with Kenya's President William Ruto, his first foreign trip since he dissolved the transitional unity government on 22 September.
Kenya · South Sudan
Algeria says it sent jets to Niger against coup
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said in a television interview broadcast on 3 October that he sent fighter jets to Niger because he saw the 28–29 August mutiny in Niamey as a provocation against Algeria.
Niger
Fuel shortages push up prices across army-held Sudan
Fuel shortages are spreading across army-held Sudan, pushing up transport and food prices.
Sudan
South Africa’s Eskom offers discounted surplus power to crypto miners
South Africa's state utility Eskom has proposed a two-year pilot tariff for cryptocurrency miners and other flexible users that would sell surplus power about 27% below last year's average industrial price.
South Africa
Ethiopian forces near Tigray capital as militia takes Milazat
The Tigray Peace Forces (TPF), a pro-government militia, said on 2 October it had captured Milazat, about 20 kilometres south-east of Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region.
Eritrea · Ethiopia
Ethiopia and Egypt expel diplomats as regional rift widens
Ethiopia and Egypt each expelled a diplomat on 2 October with 48 hours to leave, a day after Ethiopia's break with Eritrea.
Eritrea · Ethiopia · Sudan
Sudan’s army captures RSF stronghold in North Kordofan
Sudan's army said on 2 October it had captured al-Mazroub, which it called the largest stronghold of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Kordofan.
Sudan
DR Congo’s Ebola deaths pass 4,000 as violence hits response
Deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak passed 4,000 on 2 October, with 4,018 deaths among about 8,300 confirmed cases in seven provinces, official figures showed.
Democratic Republic of Congo
Guinea-Bissau junta bars ousted president Embaló from returning
Guinea-Bissau's military authorities have barred former President Umaro Sissoco Embaló from returning on 4 October, citing national security and public order.
Guinea-Bissau