Jigawa govt announces funeral arrangements for late Gumel Emir

West Africa’s Busiest Transshipment Port Belongs to One of Its Smallest States

Lomé handles more transshipment containers than any port in West Africa, according to Lloyd's List. That single asset helps explain why a country of nine million grew 6.3 percent in 2025.

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Sierra Leone Is Trying to Turn a Diamond Reputation Into a Minerals Business

Iron ore is now most of Sierra Leone's mineral exports, a gold project has closed its financing and Shell has taken offshore acreage. Diamonds are fading from the numbers, not just the messaging.

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Crown Princess of Sweden Arrives in Jakarta, Visits National Monument

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden arrived in Jakarta on September 4, 2026, for a four-day visit as a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador.

• She toured the Eijkman Building to learn about Indonesia's Biomedical and Genome Science Initiative.
• Victoria visited the National Monument and engaged in coral reef conservation efforts in Lombok.

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Cabo Verde Turned Debt Owed to Portugal Into Climate Spending

A debt-for-climate deal with Lisbon, a rare budget surplus and tourism doing most of the work. The islands are having a good run, though not every number holds up.

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Nigeria Sent Its Governors to Benin to Copy a Cotton Park

Benin has been cutting how much raw cotton it exports and making more garments instead. FIFA ordered some 2026 World Cup shirts from the result, and Nigeria has sent a delegation to learn how.

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