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Coverage · April · 2026 · business · 148 articles

Hormuz Bottleneck Sends Brent Above $108 as Market Puts 38% Chance on May Normalisation

Oil Edges Toward $110 as Hormuz Standoff Defies Easy Resolution

Virginia's Pension Fund and the Weapons Supply Chain: Following the Money to Israel's Military Industrial Base

Trump Warns of Market Catastrophe as US Military Airlift to Middle East Accelerates

Beijing Demands Washington Retract Sanctions on Chinese Refiner, Warns of Consequences

Russia Says It Foiled Ukrainian Drone Attack on Komi Oil Facilities

Richard Wolff: US-Iran confrontation is imperial overreach, not strength

Goldman Sachs Raises Oil Price Forecast as Middle East Production Drops

Iran Rejects US Peace Talks as Oil Prices Climb on Diplomatic Deadlock

Oil Surges 2% as US-Iran Diplomatic Talks Lose Momentum, Renewing Supply Anxiety

Trump memecoin slides as Mar-a-Lago gala fails to arrest 96% decline

China's Drug Development Moment: The RFK Jr. Thesis, the Trade Truce, and What the West Misses

Maritime Incident Reported Off Somalia as UKMTO Confirms Vessel Seized Near Garakad

West Bank Settler Incursions Into Al-Aqsa Mosque Intensify as Monitoring Groups Document Escalation Pattern

Trump's War Markets: The President Reframes an Invasion as an Economic Asset

Gas at $3 Until 2027: The Economic Promise That Won't Die

Iran Signals End of Nuclear Talks as Trump Declares 'Victory' Imminent and Hormuz Talks Collapse

Yemen Warns Israel of Regional War Escalation as Cross-Border Hostilities Intensify

Iran's Nuclear Red Lines: How Tehran Shifted From Deal-Seeking to War-Terms Diplomacy

Trump Issues Iran Infrastructure Warning While Leaving Door Open to Phone Talks

Starmer and Trump Discuss Restoring Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz

IRGC Claims Two Container Ships Under Control Amid Gulf Tensions

Israeli forces kill three in Gaza as land clearing and school cuts compound West Bank pressure

Memecoin Elite and a Security Breach: What Two April 26 Incidents Reveal About Access Politics

Markets Are Pricing an Iran Deal. Washington Is Sending a Different Signal.

Air Defenses Activated in Western Iran as Regional Tensions Mount

Beijing Builds Its Investment Wall as US Sanctions Sharpen the Divide

Strait of Hormuz Shipping Traffic Remains Restricted as Regional Tensions Persist

Washington Targets a Chinese Teapot Refinery — and Wakes Up an Entire Trade Architecture

Nigeria's Agricultural Revolution Gains Momentum as Dangote Fertilizer and Rice Production Drive Food Security Push

Zelensky in Baku: Six Agreements and a Venue for Talks Russia May Not Want

Africa Healthtech Revolution: Telemedicine and mHealth Platforms Expand 300 Percent as Investment Surges

Ghana's Cocoa Sector Recovers: How the $2,800 Living Income Differential Is Reshaping Farmer Fortunes

Kenya Airways' Turnaround Plan: Africa's Pride Returns to Profitability After Years of Losses

Foreign Direct Investment Into Africa Reaches $53 Billion as Morocco, Egypt, and Nigeria Lead Attraction

Tanzania Gold Production Hits Record 72 Tonnes as Barrick-Acacia Tax Dispute Reaches Final Resolution

African E-Commerce at Crossroads: Jumia Turnaround and Wasoko Merger Reshape a $40 Billion Market

Crypto Sanctions and Dollar Leverage: How a $344M Freeze Complicates Iran's Diplomatic Calculus

BUA Group Expands African Cement and Sugar Empire as Abdulsamad Rabiu Fortune Hits $8 Billion

Dangote Refinery Hits Full 650,000 BPD Capacity, Reshaping Nigeria's Fuel Market and West African Energy Landscape

Accra Real Estate Boom: Foreign Investment and a Growing Middle Class Drive Construction Frenzy

South Africa Platinum Sector Restructures Around ESG Compliance and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Pivot

East Africa Trade Bloc: The EAC Customs Union Delivers on Its Promise

Nigerian Fintech Battle: OPay vs Flutterwave vs Paystack in a $2.4 Trillion Transaction Market

Palestinians vote in local elections for first time in 20 years, despite Hamas boycott

Kenya's Safari Tourism Bounces Back: Record 2.3 Million Visitors Signal Post-Pandemic Recovery

Okavango Delta Tourism Rebounds: Botswana's Crown Jewel Attracts Record Visitors and Premium Revenue

Ethiopian Airlines Posts Record $600 Million Profit as Africa's Largest Carrier Continues Fleet Expansion

Ghana's Galamsey Crisis Deepens as Illegal Gold Mining Costs Economy $2 Billion Annually

African AI Startups Raised $800 Million in 2025 as Continent's Tech Ecosystem Matures

Zambia Copperbelt Revival: Chinese Investment Fuels 34 Percent Production Surge

DOJ Drops Powell Probe But Markets See 56% Chance Fed Chair Exits Within Weeks

Trump Administration Faces Dual Pressure: Iran War Fallout and Legal Rebukes on Immigration

AfCFTA Tariff Reductions Drive 22 Percent Surge in Intra-African Trade

US sanctions Chinese refinery over Iranian oil — Beijing frames it as dollar coercion

DOJ Drops Powell Probe, Clearing Warsh's Path to the Fed Chairmanship

Kenya Records 2.1 Million Safari Visitors and $2.3 Billion in Tourism Revenue as Sector Hits All-Time High

Dangote Refinery at 60 Percent Capacity: Nigeria's Fuel Import Bill Falls by $18 Billion

De Beers and Botswana: A New Diamond Deal Reshapes a 50-Year Partnership

Okavango Delta Tourism Revenue Hits $750M as Eco-Tourism Model Proves Its Worth

A Monkey and a Minefield: How a Thai Scratching and Iran's New Deployments Exposed the Hormuz Tightrope

How FTX's Estate Sold Cursor for $200,000 and Missed a $3 Billion Fortune

Spain's Dual Signal on Digital Assets: Crypto Seizure and a Stalled Military Airlift

Iran Confirms Hard Currency Transit Tolls Flow Direct to Central Bank

Iran Claims First Hormuz Toll Revenues as Trump Vows to Keep Strait Sealed

U.S. Intercepts Sanctioned Tanker Carrying Iranian Oil in Indian Ocean

US Forces Seize Iranian-Linked Tanker Majestic X in Indian Ocean Interdiction

French Minister Signals EU Sanctions on Israel Imminent After Hungary's Political Shift

Iran Banks First Strait of Hormuz Toll Revenue, Marking Economic Sovereignty Claim

Hormuz Disruption Tests Global Energy Markets as Diplomatic Off-Ramps Narrow

The Dollar Under Pressure: How the Iran Conflict Is Quietly Reshaping Allied Financial Politics

Iran War Redraws Asian Trade Arithmetic as Solar Demand Surges

BlackRock's $900M Bitcoin Buy and Uzbekistan's State Mining Zone: What the Surge Tells Us

Iran War Tightens Global Energy Fault Lines as Markets Rally and Inflation Bites

Trump Says Iran Talks Possible Friday. Tehran Says No.

Japan Opens the Arms Vault: How the Iran Conflict Catalyzed a Historic Defense Policy Reversal

Iran conflict pushes world's largest condom maker toward 30% price hike

US Extends Iran, Russia Oil Sanctions Exemptions — A Diplomatic Necessity or Structural Retreat?

How Ukraine's Pipeline Gambit Broke the EU Aid Deadlock