IPU Arusha 2026: The Critical-Minerals Debate Meets South America’s Copper and Lithium Push
As the 153rd IPU Assembly convenes in Arusha (5–9 Oct 2026), analysis by Jasper A. Kwayu links Africa's minerals debate...
September 19, 2026The South Atlantic is getting busier. Brazil’s agribusiness and mining reach into Africa, BRICS ties deepen, and the two regions increasingly face the same questions – on commodities, debt, data sovereignty and great-power pressure – from opposite shores. The Rio Times covers the trade, investment and diplomatic links between Africa and Latin America, the one lens no other outlet owns. This hub gathers the stories where the Global South’s two great frontiers meet.
As the 153rd IPU Assembly convenes in Arusha (5–9 Oct 2026), analysis by Jasper A. Kwayu links Africa's minerals debate...
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