Entity

Africa

A topic on our watch list — we track its coverage across 82 coverage verticals, including Africa, African Economy and Aging Longevity.

As of 31 Oct 2026Last evidence 31 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • South Africa chooses Durban as its preferred city to host 2036 or 2040 Olympics

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Putin seeks to expand ties with African countries at Russia-Africa summit

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

  • Africa: Algeria Committed to Bolstering Russia-Africa Partnership - President Tebboune

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Spiro and Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners (ESP) kick off pilot programme in Rwanda, aiming to support 5,000 women entrepreneurs across Africa

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

  • Trump terminates Biden-era methane rules putting Africa’s $101.75 billion oil and gas market in focus

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

All 12 events and claims involving Africa

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 365 mentions on 31 Oct 2026, against 334 on 10 Oct 2026 (+9%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from steady to rising on 30 Oct 2026 (11 changes recorded since 19 Oct 2026).
  • Claims No claim first reported since 30 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “U.S. agrees to a new trade deal with "South Africa" before 2027?” moved from 10% to 6% Yes since 16 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

9,055 documents · 542 publishers · 6% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 31 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.056: about 94% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 2 receipts withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Africa

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

South AfricaMiddle EastImmigrationUnited StatesNigeriaChinaFranceAIUnited Kingdom

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 365 mentions on 31 Oct 2026 with 334 on 10 Oct 2026 (+9%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +43% from 16 Sept 2026 to 31 Oct 2026, between 54 and 384 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Africa, day by day.

Market price, cited

6% Yes

priced 30 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 10% → 6% Yes (-4pts, from 17 Sept 2026 to 30 Oct 2026)

on “U.S. agrees to a new trade deal with "South Africa" before 2027?”

The day’s closing price on this market, and how it moved. The number is the market’s own. Ask about Africa

“U.S. agrees to a new trade deal with "South Africa" before 2027?”: the market's own price; the venue link is not stored with it

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving Africa

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • South Africa chooses Durban as its preferred city to host 2036 or 2040 Olympics

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Putin seeks to expand ties with African countries at Russia-Africa summit

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Africa: Algeria Committed to Bolstering Russia-Africa Partnership - President Tebboune

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Spiro and Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners (ESP) kick off pilot programme in Rwanda, aiming to support 5,000 women entrepreneurs across Africa

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    single source

  • Trump terminates Biden-era methane rules putting Africa’s $101.75 billion oil and gas market in focus

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Africa: Ruto Arrives in Moscow for Russia-Africa Summit to Strengthen Economic Ties

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • UK says ‘no apology’ amid calls by African nations for slavery reparations as King Charles begins Caribbean tour

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Paratus Tanzania Expands Regional Connectivity With New Dar es Salaam PoP

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Congo’s Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases as authorities race to slow the spread in African countries

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 7 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • African universities can do more than teach and research: they can drive social change

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • US and UK watch as Netanyahu and rival Eisenkot face Israel election deadlock ahead of Africa’s biggest election

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Australia versus South Africa LIVE: Double breakthrough - Aussies strike in crucial patch after lunch on captivating day one

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

Walk the record from Africa

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Africa

Entity.

Evidence
9,055 documents · 542 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 14 Apr 2026, last seen 31 Oct 2026
Measured
6% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
31 Oct 2026
22 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.

Situations it is named in (0)

none on file at this cutoff

For machines: this record as JSON

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Africa, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

What it connects to

Related records.

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Recorded history

  • 30 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 27 Oct 2026

  • 27 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 26 Oct 2026

  • 26 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 24 Oct 2026

  • 24 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 22 Oct 2026

  • 22 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 21 Oct 2026

  • 21 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 20 Oct 2026

  • 21 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to steady

    Previous state held since 20 Oct 2026

  • 20 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 19 Oct 2026

11 changes recorded since 19 Oct 2026; the newest 8 shown, newest first.

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Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 31 Oct 2026.