
Ruto Accuses Sifuna Over Dangote Lamu Refinery Deal
Ruto called Senator Edwin Sifuna an extortionist on 1 October and tied Uhuru Kenyatta to the US$16 billion Dangote Lamu...
October 2, 2026From Nigeria’s oil and Mozambique’s and Tanzania’s gas to South Africa’s grid crisis and the solar boom spreading across the continent, energy is where Africa’s growth and its great-power bargaining both play out. The Rio Times covers the oil and LNG deals, refineries, power projects and the transition finance reshaping how the continent fuels itself – with an eye on the capital flows and parallels linking Africa to Latin America’s own energy story. This hub collects our Africa energy coverage for investors and analysts.

Ruto called Senator Edwin Sifuna an extortionist on 1 October and tied Uhuru Kenyatta to the US$16 billion Dangote Lamu...
October 2, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 1: Ethiopia and Eritrea cut ties, blasts hit Addis Ababa, Alamata mourns 52 civilians.
October 1, 2026
Republic of Congo explained: Sassou Nguesso's fifth term, an oil economy in debt distress, the Pool conflict and what it...
October 1, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 30: Lamu breaks ground on the US$16 billion Dangote refinery, Ethiopia's army chief names three...
September 30, 2026
A women-led angel network commits up to US$1 million to a Nigerian start-up paying market women for used cooking oil...
September 30, 2026
Tullow Oil turned free cash flow positive in the first half of 2026 on strong Ghana output, then lost a...
September 30, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 29: Alamata changes hands in Tigray, Niger buries over fifty soldiers, Burkina Faso opens its...
September 29, 2026
A Nigerian oil producer says US$500 million in Islamic financing from Qatar will help lift an onshore block above 100,000...
September 29, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 28: Sudan's exodus into Chad runs at twenty times the old rate, Congo's Ebola cases...
September 28, 2026Brazil runoff date: Sunday, October 25, poll closing times and when results start · Brazil runoff polls: Flávio 51%, Lula 49% · Kalshi and Polymarket odds