Africa Intelligence Brief for Friday: the continent drew lines at its own edges — South Africa hosted the world's oldest customs union, Kenya halted a US-funded facility on its soil, six economies stayed on a Western watchlist, and Cote d'Ivoire struck offshore oil.

Africa Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: one energy shock split the continent into winners and losers, with oil exporters gaining as the import-reliant majority paid more, even as…

Africa Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: from a governor's re-election in Nigeria to a coalition power struggle in South Africa and a tense Kenyan treasury, the continent spent…

Africa Intelligence Brief for Thursday: a heavy date pressed leaders across the continent to answer for power — Kenya braced for its protest anniversary, South Africa's president…

Africa Intelligence Brief for Friday: the continent drew lines at its own edges — South Africa hosted the world's oldest customs union, Kenya halted a US-funded facility on its…

A customs-union summit in Cape Town, a Kenyan court that stopped a US facility, and a Paris watchlist that judges six African economies — sovereignty has rarely been argued out so…