Colombia Charges Ex-Contractor Over Vehicle Bribe
Colombia's prosecutor charged a former Ministry of Transport contractor over an alleged vehicle-for-favour scheme tied to a Cauca road project...
October 4, 2026Section
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Paraguay Electoral Body Disclaims Assisted Voting Violations
Paraguay's TSJE says polling-station boards, not the electoral court, have final authority on assisted voting; prosecutors handle alleged abuses.
October 4, 2026
Guerrero Boy Released After Week in Captivity
A 12-year-old boy was freed on 1 October 2026 after allegedly being held a week in Ajuchitlán del Progreso, Guerrero;...
October 4, 2026
Peru Reniec Opens Sunday for Voter ID Delivery
Peru's Reniec opened over 200 offices on Sunday 4 October 2026 so voters could collect ID cards before regional and...
October 4, 2026
Guatemala Commission Approves Revised Cybersecurity Bill
Guatemala's Congress commission approved a revised cybersecurity bill on 4 October 2026, creating a directorate under the Interior Ministry.
October 4, 2026
Kenyan Firms Urged to Measure Building Energy Use
Kenyan businesses are being urged to measure and disclose building energy use as ESG reporting and climate-finance requirements expand across...
October 4, 2026
YouTube Cuts Reach of Re-uploaded Shorts in Africa
YouTube will reduce recommendations for re-uploaded Shorts, a global policy with sharp consequences for African creators who rely on repost...
October 4, 2026
Ghana’s Mahama Urges Health Spending as Investment
Ghana's President John Mahama told African leaders on 3 October 2026 that health spending is an economic investment, not a...
October 4, 2026
Aksa Energy Executives Meet Ghana Tax Chief in Accra
Aksa Energy executives met Ghana Revenue Authority Commissioner-General Anthony Kwasi Sarpong in Accra on 2 October 2026 to discuss tax...
October 4, 2026
Court Restricts Osun State Accounts Over US$13.9m
A Lagos court ordered banks to restrict Osun State accounts over a $13.9 million arbitration award. The case resumes on...
October 4, 2026
Burundi’s Ndayishimiye Says Violence Stalls Africa
Burundi's President Évariste Ndayishimiye told the Alamein Africa Forum that persistent violence is stalling African development and disrupting farming.
October 4, 2026
Gombe Governor Says Boko Haram Weakened, Not Defeated
Gombe Governor Inuwa Yahaya says Boko Haram is weakened but not defeated, as attacks and ransom payments continue in Nigeria,...
October 4, 2026
John Boadu Elected NPP National Chairman in Ghana
John Boadu won the New Patriotic Party chairmanship with 2,888 votes at the Kumasi conference on 3 October 2026, ahead...
October 4, 2026
Senegal’s Cheikh Hamidou Kane Dies in Dakar at 98
Senegalese novelist and former minister Cheikh Hamidou Kane, author of L'Aventure ambiguë, has died in Dakar aged 98, marking a...
October 4, 2026
Bad Gyal brings reggaeton to Buenos Aires on 14 October
Bad Gyal plays Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires on 14 October 2026. Doors open at 19:00, the show starts at...
October 4, 2026
Argentine rapper Trueno hits Santiago Oct 9
Trueno plays Santander Arena in Santiago on 9 October 2026. PuntoTicket prices run from about US$12 to US$99, and Movistar...
October 4, 2026
BTS World Tour ARIRANG lands in Lima Oct 7-10
BTS plays Estadio San Marcos in Lima on 7, 9 and 10 October 2026. All three nights are sold out;...
October 4, 2026
Paraguay Police on Alert for Municipal Elections
Paraguay has up to 38,000 police on alert for municipal elections on 4 October 2026, with half posted at polling...
October 4, 2026
El Niño Splits Latin America Into Winners and Losers
A record El Niño dries Colombia and Central America and floods Peru and Ecuador. CEPAL says an extreme event could...
October 4, 2026
Jão’s tour lands in Brasília on 12 December
Jão plays Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília on 12 December 2026, with tickets from about US$25 to US$190 via Eventim...
October 4, 2026