Africa Intelligence Brief — Saturday, July 18, 2026

Rio Times · Africa Intelligence Brief July 18 —Congo Sanctions The UN Security Council imposed sanctions on armed group leaders for fuelling violence in North Kivu province. —Uganda Crash A school bus returning from a trip crashed in eastern Uganda, killing twenty children on the spot. —Nigeria Rate Hold The central bank kept its benchmark rate at 27.50 percent for a fifth meeting, with inflation still above 33 percent. —Senegal Meeting President Bassirou Diomaye Faye hosted his predecessor Macky Sall in Dakar to ease post-election political tensions. —Ethiopia Protests Hundreds marched in Addis Ababa denouncing what they call forced military recruitment of relatives in Tigray. —South Africa Power Eskom escalated loadshedding to stage six late on July 17, knocking 8,000 megawatts off the g