Africa & the Great Powers

Africa is the arena where China, the United States, the Gulf states, Russia and Europe now compete hardest – for minerals, ports, data, military access and influence. The Rio Times tracks the deals, aid, sanctions and diplomacy of the new scramble, and what a continent increasingly setting its own terms means for the global balance – including for Latin America, courted by the same powers. This hub collects our coverage of the great-power contest across Africa.