🌏 Frontier Markets News, July 24th, 2026

What We’re Reading

Cameroon’s ruling party meets as Biya’s long absence draws criticism (Reuters)

US ‘weighing military options in Mali’ (WaPo)

Zimbabwe taps Chinese firms for $300mn lithium project (Bloomberg)

Zambia’s world-beating 36% local bond rally ‘to extend after polls’ (Bloomberg)

Portugal and Morocco explore financing for power link (Ecofin)

Sao Tome and Principe president wins second term (Reuters)

Aging grids buckle across North Africa (EnterpriseAM)

Pakistan seeks $10bn in US funding (Reuters)

Bangladesh’s president resigns as Hasina prepares return from exile (Al Jazeera)

AI boom fuels investment influx in Thailand (Nikkei)

Thailand pledges to increase tech cooperation as PM visits China (Bangkok Post)

Philippines hosts ASEAN summit (The Diplomat)

Solomon Islands PM visits US (RNZ)

Lebanon’s central bank demands $600mn a year from the state and a quarter of privatization proceeds (L’Orient Today)

US approves landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia (WSJ)

Yemen’s Houthis declare Red Sea blockade, strike Saudi oil tankers (Al Jazeera)

Fitch expects Omani banks to weather regional turmoil (Zawya)

UN says says Jordan faces region’s heaviest crisis-related financial burden (Zawya)

Kuwait raises $6bn  in three-tranche bond sale (Zawya)

Deposed Turkish opposition leader plans new party (Al Jazeera) 

Romania races to restore land registry after cyberattack disrupts property market (The Record)

Czech president vetoes bill easing rules for government borrowing (Reuters)

Protesters clash with Albanian police in demonstrations triggered by Kushner resort plan (Reuters)

Opinion: Armenian democracy faces a threat from within (Foreign Policy) 

Nicaragua’s congress announces ‘work plan’ to suspend elections (The Guardian) 

IDB Group launches $10.5bn to support plan for Ecuador (Devdiscourse)

Panama mulls state miner to revive giant copper mine (The Northern Miner) 

US seeks to unlock Venezuela’s billions in frozen assets after earthquakes (Bloomberg)

Argentina’s economy shrinks for second month amid uneven recovery (Bloomberg)

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