Maritime Security & Trade: Turkey warned that escalating Black Sea drone attacks are threatening civilian shipping and food security after strikes injured crew on two Turkish-owned cargo ships, including the Cameroon-flagged Ro-Ro Nadezhda near Novorossiysk. EU Sanctions Enforcement: Italy’s Navy boarded the EU-sanctioned shadow-fleet tanker Toa Payoh under Operation IRINI, showing inspections can happen even when detention depends on national legal steps. Fuel & Logistics: Cameroon’s SCDP awarded a CFA 2.359bn contract to expand the Ngaoundéré fuel depot by 54.5%, adding a 3,000m³ diesel tank to boost northern storage capacity. Construction Market Watch: Dangote Cement Cameroon reported H1 sales of 596,800 tonnes, down 13.1%, citing slower construction activity, while its planned capacity jump to 3M tonnes by 2028 remains preliminary. ICT & Skills: Yaoundé’s ICT Innovation Week finalists head to pitches after a bootcamp phase focused on projects spanning health, education, agriculture and cyber security. Agriculture & Value Chains: Cameroon’s RGPH-4 and General Census of Agriculture and Livestock were extended again to Sept 15 to complete household and farm counts, while SUHUCAM’s climate-smart banana propagation support targets farm resilience in Ngoketunjia.