
Africa Intelligence Brief
Africa Intelligence Brief for November 3: South Africans vote in local elections, Tanzania awaits the Lissu verdict, and 50,000 cross...
November 3, 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.

Africa Intelligence Brief for November 3: South Africans vote in local elections, Tanzania awaits the Lissu verdict, and 50,000 cross...
November 3, 2026
US midterm results for Latin America and Africa: polls close from 6 p.m. ET on 3 November; Polymarket gives Democrats...
November 3, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for November 2: Algerian troops escort fuel to Niger; Ebola kills 5,372 in DR Congo; South Africa...
November 2, 2026
Polymarket now gives 82.6% to Brazil holding its rate on 4 November, up from about 58%, while odds of a...
November 2, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 31: DR Congo Ebola deaths pass 5,000; Ethiopia drone strikes kill 25 civilians; Nigeria claims...
October 31, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 30: Sudan alleges Ethiopian drone strikes killed over 400 civilians; Nigeria pushes state police by...
October 30, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 29: US sanctions Rwanda over M23; Sudan drone strike kills over 100 in Darfur; Durban...
October 29, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 28: Sudan drone strike kills over 100 in Nyala market; Africa Ebola outbreak passes 10,000...
October 28, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 27: Kenya releases first Ebola contacts, Nigeria projects outbreak end date, and Ethiopia reports mass...
October 27, 2026Brazil runoff date: Sunday, October 25, poll closing times and when results start · Brazil runoff polls: Flávio 51%, Lula 49% · Kalshi and Polymarket odds