Africa Intelligence Brief for Thursday: the same week Africa staged its biggest-ever share sale, a London court cleared Nigeria's former oil minister and Zimbabwe's top court eased the path to extend a president's rule. Commerce binds the continent; politics divides it.

Africa Intelligence Brief for Monday: new IMF rankings show Congo closing in on Africa's biggest economies, even as an Ebola outbreak there worsens, Senegal scrambles over hidden…

Africa Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: oil crashed about 5% while gold hit a record, a violent split that eases the squeeze on importers but slashes the windfall for Nigeria and…

Africa Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: the continent's biggest-ever share sale nears as Aliko Dangote's refinery prepares to float across six exchanges at once, the spearhead of…

Africa Intelligence Brief for Thursday: the same week Africa staged its biggest-ever share sale, a London court cleared Nigeria's former oil minister and Zimbabwe's top court…

Africa Intelligence Brief for Friday: from Ghana and Ivory Coast aligning cocoa prices to fifteen nations uniting against illegal fishing and the two giants courting Chinese…