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Oil above $100 a barrel is now reaching households across southern Africa as governments run out of room to cushion it.
Rating agencies keep upgrading West Africa's two largest economies after their debt crises.
Egypt's army said on 12 October that it had launched the third phase of an operation against illegal gold mining near the Sudanese border, its first official statement after air strikes on artisanal mining sites on 10 October.
Electricity demand from Zimbabwe's mines is rising faster than supply: the sector expects to need more than 1,500 megawatts (MW) within 12 months, up from about 1,000 MW now and 750 MW in 2023–24.
Gridworks and Mozambique's state utility Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) opened pre-qualification for contractors on the Chimuara–Nacala transmission project, Lusa reported on 12 October.
President Daniel Chapo launched dredging works on 12 October to deepen the access channel of Maputo port so it can take container ships of up to 14,000 twenty-foot units (TEU) and about 366 metres long.
