Nigeria’s Kidnap Economy: Prayers, Ransoms and Empty Villages
Gunmen took worshippers from a Niger State mosque during Friday prayers. Behind the Borgu abductions stands a ransom industry that...
August 30, 2026Section
Africa & Latin America
The 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.
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Africa Intelligence Brief
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 29: AU ministers draft prevention decisions in Luanda, Congo’s outbreak reaches 5,794 confirmed cases, and...
August 29, 2026
Angola’s Economy Grew 8.74% in Q2, With Diamonds Out Front
Angola GDP growth reached 8.74% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, with the non-oil economy up 9.24%...
August 29, 2026
Two Mexicans, Three Zimbabweans in Court Over Limpopo Meth Lab
A Limpopo meth lab raid near the Zimbabwean border led to five arrests, with drugs and equipment valued by prosecutors...
August 29, 2026
Woodside Drops Its Climate Target and Leans Harder on Senegal
Woodside Sangomar is now central to the company plan after it scrapped a Scope 3 emissions target and US$5 billion...
August 29, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief
Rio Times Africa Intelligence Brief August 28, 2026 The Eve of Luanda Read the continent this morning and the register...
August 28, 2026
South Africa Blames Its Water Crisis on the Municipalities
Ramaphosa told parliament the water crisis stems from municipal failures, as audits put 47 percent of South Africa's wastewater works...
August 28, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 27: the UN names South Africa’s anti-migrant violence, Congo’s Ebola count rises, and gold pauses...
August 27, 2026
Operation Jackal IV: 58 Arrests, and an Argentine Supply Line
Operation Jackal IV ended with 58 arrests and 263 suspects identified, including 39 arrests in Johannesburg and a service network...
August 27, 2026