South Africa’s Xenophobia Deadline: More Than 53,000 Migrants Have Fled
South Africa xenophobia turned a vigilante deadline into an exodus: 13,000 sent home in a fortnight, several dead, and five...
July 9, 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.
South Africa xenophobia turned a vigilante deadline into an exodus: 13,000 sent home in a fortnight, several dead, and five...
July 9, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief July 9: Morocco carries a continent's hopes into a World Cup quarter-final as Egypt fumes and Sudan's...
July 9, 2026
Tony Elumelu retires as UBA chairman on 21 August after 12 years; Emmanuel Nnorom, a 40-year finance veteran, takes over...
July 9, 2026
Ivory Coast development plan drew 47,820 billion CFA francs (about US$80 billion) in pledges on day one — over four...
July 9, 2026
ADNOC Distribution will buy Shell’s South African downstream business for about $1 billion — 580 stations and the end of...
July 9, 2026
Ethiopia budget hits a record 2.34 trillion birr ($14.6 billion) for 2026/27, up 21.3%, with tax revenue covering two-thirds of...
July 9, 2026
Dangote jet fuel hit 466,000 tonnes shipped to Europe in June, worth $553M—overtaking the US as the region's top external...
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Congo potash production is set to resume in early 2027 through China's Mboukoumassi project, ahead of Aliko Dangote's planned $3...
July 8, 2026
Ethiopian animation lands a breakthrough: Addis Ababa short Sunday Morning won two awards at Annecy's MIFA and drew a Disney...
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