Africa News Brief – Friday, 8 May 2026
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Concerning xenophobia, South Africa says it has nothing to hide – Business Insider Africa South Africa is facing increased anti-immigrant sentiment and xenophobic violence, leading to international concern and diplomatic tensions. Africa could replace lost Middle East oil supplies – Nigeria tells global investors Nigeria says Africa could help fill a 10 million barrel-per-day global oil supply gap caused by Middle East tensions, as new investments and …Read More. Dangers Revealed in South Africa NUMSA demands that government must, with speed, address the unsustainable imbalance within BRICS which negatively affects South African when it comes …Read More.
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Africa’s largest refinery records an impressive 57 million barrels of jet fuel export
Africa’s largest oil refinery, the Dangote Refinery, has cemented itself as a major player in the global aviation fuel market, with a reported 57 …Rea…
Trump Administration Weighs Citing ‘Emergency’ to Admit More Afrikaners as Refugees
… Africa. Share full article. White South Africans arriving in Virginia last year after having been granted refugee status by the Trump administration…
Bestseller announces $3 million investment in nature regeneration in South Africa
News industrie : Danish fashion group Bestseller has become a partner to the Regenerative Fund for Nature, co-founded by Kering in 2021.Read More…
The 100-year-old state-owned town in South Africa that’s only been open to the public since 2007
The land claim that changed everything. Alexander Bay is the north-westernmost town in South Africa, before hitting Namibia. The opening up of …Read M…
Horn of Africa Tensions Flare as Sudan Adds Forces Near Ethiopia – Bloomberg.com
Sudan’s army is deploying more troops and anti-aircraft equipment near the Ethiopian border as it accuses Addis Ababa of backing its rebel …Read More…
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