
Libya Explained: Two Rival Governments, Africa’s Biggest Oil Reserves and the Road to Europe
Libya explained: who runs Tripoli and the east, how nearly 1.5 million barrels of oil a day fund the state,...
September 28, 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.

Libya explained: who runs Tripoli and the east, how nearly 1.5 million barrels of oil a day fund the state,...
September 28, 2026
Mozambique explained: who runs the country, why the US$20 billion gas bet and the northern insurgency matter, the debt squeeze,...
September 28, 2026
Niger water electricity shortages are hitting the northern Agadez region, where an ageing coal plant supplies far less power than...
September 28, 2026
The first cargo for the Dangote refinery in Kenya docked at Lamu Port on 26 September, four days before a...
September 28, 2026
Angola, which earns more than 90% of its exports from oil and gas, says its industrial units rose 44% in...
September 27, 2026
Six Central African states with 67 million people cannot say how much power they produce. In Gabon, ministers backed one...
September 27, 2026
Niger explained: who runs the junta, how uranium and a US$1.9 billion refinery plan fit in, why it quit ECOWAS,...
September 27, 2026
Who is Aliko Dangote? The Kano-born founder of Dangote Group, Africa's richest man, and the Lekki refinery built for 650,000...
September 27, 2026
Uganda explained: Museveni's seventh term, why first oil slipped to June 2027, how gold and coffee drive the economy, and...
September 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