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Cocoa 5,769.78 Cocoa 5,769.78, up +2.68%
Brent Crude Oil 101.43 Brent Crude Oil 101.43, down -4.31%
Gold 4,158.01 Gold 4,158.01, up +26.38%
Coffee (Robusta) 3,445 Coffee (Robusta) 3,445, down -33.49%
Copper 14,366 Copper 14,366, down -99.98%
Palm Oil 4,365 Palm Oil 4,365, up +364.36%
Natural Gas 76.14 Natural Gas 76.14, up +605.00%
Cotton 62.47 Cotton 62.47, down -8.67%
XAF/USD 582.73 XAF/USD 582.73, down -4.84%
XOF/USD 570.77 XOF/USD 570.77, up +0.34%
NGN/USD 1,323.55 NGN/USD 1,323.55, down -16.76%
ZAR/USD 16.54 ZAR/USD 16.54, down -0.43%
NGX All-Share Index 249,767.91 NGX All-Share Index 249,767.91, up +14.20%
JSE Top 40 100,680.10 JSE Top 40 100,680.10, up +8.60%
GSE Composite Index 14,115.56 GSE Composite Index 14,115.56, up +22.40%
BRVM Composite 539.17 BRVM Composite 539.17, up +5.80%

Cocoa 5,769.78 Cocoa 5,769.78, up +2.68%
Brent Crude Oil 101.43 Brent Crude Oil 101.43, down -4.31%
Gold 4,158.01 Gold 4,158.01, up +26.38%
Coffee (Robusta) 3,445 Coffee (Robusta) 3,445, down -33.49%
Copper 14,366 Copper 14,366, down -99.98%
Palm Oil 4,365 Palm Oil 4,365, up +364.36%
Natural Gas 76.14 Natural Gas 76.14, up +605.00%
Cotton 62.47 Cotton 62.47, down -8.67%
XAF/USD 582.73 XAF/USD 582.73, down -4.84%
XOF/USD 570.77 XOF/USD 570.77, up +0.34%
NGN/USD 1,323.55 NGN/USD 1,323.55, down -16.76%
ZAR/USD 16.54 ZAR/USD 16.54, down -0.43%
NGX All-Share Index 249,767.91 NGX All-Share Index 249,767.91, up +14.20%
JSE Top 40 100,680.10 JSE Top 40 100,680.10, up +8.60%
GSE Composite Index 14,115.56 GSE Composite Index 14,115.56, up +22.40%
BRVM Composite 539.17 BRVM Composite 539.17, up +5.80%

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WORLD IN BRIEF: France to close 500 schools amid protests, 12-year-old killed in Baltimore shooting, Cameroon secures $391m World Bank loan and other stories

World news in brief covers France’s school protests, a deadly Baltimore shooting, renewed Tigray fighting, Congo’s Ebola crisis and Cameroon’s $391m World Bank loan.

5 Oct 2026 10 min read

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WORLD IN BRIEF: France to close 500 schools amid protests, 12-year-old killed in Baltimore shooting, Cameroon secures $391m World Bank loan and other stories