Africa — updatesNew and updated NewsNYou analyses connected to Africa.https://newsnyou.com/region/africa/2026-09-09T12:00:00+02:00NewsNYouCongo's copper now has two railways racing to carry it out. One is Western, one is Chinese.https://newsnyou.com/analysis/lobito-corridor-china-rail-race/2026-09-09T12:00:00+02:00<p>Congo and Angola signed a $1.26bn rail deal on 26 Aug 2026 — racing a revived, Chinese-financed line to the Indian Ocean signed nine months earlier.</p>The war is over Hormuz — the contest is moving to the Red Seahttps://newsnyou.com/analysis/red-sea-horn-diplomacy/2026-08-19T16:00:00+02:00<p>While the US and Iran fight over Hormuz, Egypt and Washington are courting the Horn of Africa — and Djibouti's food bills already price the next chokepoint.</p>A migrant-rights ruling triggered the Ceuta crisis it was meant to preventhttps://newsnyou.com/analysis/ceuta-tarajal-migration-spain/2026-08-19T16:00:00+02:00<p>Spain's top court barred returning migrants caught swimming to Ceuta. Arrivals surged 149%, nine died in a week, and Italy threatened Spain's place in Schengen.</p>The US traded security help for Congo's minerals. The minerals deal is the part that's moving.https://newsnyou.com/analysis/drc-cobalt-minerals-for-security/2026-08-12T15:00:00+02:00<p>Washington tied security help against M23 to access to Congo's cobalt and copper. Eight months on, the mine deals are advancing — the ceasefire isn't.</p>El Fasher's ethnic cleansing meets a hunger crisis a Gulf war just made worsehttps://newsnyou.com/analysis/sudan-el-fasher-hormuz-famine/2026-08-12T10:30:00+02:00<p>Amnesty documented ethnic cleansing at El Fasher. Now Hormuz disruption is squeezing the fertilizer Sudan's famine response needs, as aid funding falls behind.</p>