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Kenya’s Lamu Port Finds Unexpected Lifeline as Middle East Conflict Reroutes Global Shipping

Kenya’s Lamu Port, a deepwater facility that has struggled for relevance since its opening, is suddenly in the spotlight — and not because of anything that happened in Nairobi. As the escalating conflict in the Middle East drives vessels away from the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, shipping companies are casting their eyes

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Egypt’s Energy Crisis Deepens: Business Curfew and Streetlight Blackouts as Middle East Conflict Takes Toll

Egypt has imposed one of the most sweeping emergency energy measures in its modern history, ordering shops, restaurants, and cafes to close by 9 p.m. for the next month as the country’s fuel import bill more than doubles under the strain of a geopolitical crisis it did not choose to join. The government is simultaneously

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Zambia’s Copper Boom on the Verge of a Million-Ton Milestone — And the Mining Nations Racing to Keep Up

Zambia is edging closer to a historic milestone that would mark its emergence as one of the world’s premier copper superpowers. Annual production is forecast to surpass one million tons within the current cycle — a threshold that would make Zambia only the second African nation after the Democratic Republic of Congo to reach that

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Nigeria’s Fuel Prices Surge 65% — The Highest in Africa — as Middle East War Hits Home at the Pump

Nigerians are bearing the cost of a conflict they have no direct part in. Fuel pump prices across Africa’s largest oil producer have soared by as much as 65 percent in recent weeks, making gasoline more expensive in Nigeria than anywhere else on the continent. The spike, reported across major cities including Lagos, Abuja, and

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South Africa Disinvited From G7 Summit: How US Pressure Reshaped Africa’s Place at the World Table

South Africa has been excluded from the G7 summit scheduled to take place in France this June, in a diplomatic reversal that has sent shockwaves through African political circles. What began as a celebrated invitation — personally extended by French President Emmanuel Macron to his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa during last year’s G20 summit

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