Africa Intelligence Brief — Thursday, July 16, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief July 16 — Africa today feels suspended between firefighting and fragile ambition. An Ebola outbreak disrupts DRC...
July 16, 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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Latin America Caught in the New Cold War Over Trade and Minerals
As great-power competition intensifies into a 'new Cold War', Latin America emerges as a critical swing region where US, Chinese...
July 16, 2026
Mozambique Secures a $573 Million Funding Deal With Portugal
Portugal unveils a €500M state-backed credit line at Porto summit to de-risk corporate investment in Mozambique’s agribusiness, gas, and renewables...
July 16, 2026
Ghana, Namibia and DR Congo Push to Refine Africa’s Minerals
Africa is shifting from pit-to-port extraction to local processing and refining. Ghana, Namibia and the DRC are at the centre...
July 16, 2026
Niger’s Western Security Belt Becomes the Sahel’s Main Battleground
Attacks on civilians in Niger’s western security belt surged over 120% in 2025, making Tillabéri the Central Sahel’s deadliest region...
July 16, 2026
France and Morocco Prepare a Historic Friendship Treaty
France and Morocco prepare a first-of-its-kind friendship treaty, Paris's first with a non-European nation, backed by a €10B deal package...
July 16, 2026
UN Warns Sudan’s Gum Arabic Trade Is Directly Financing the War
The UN says Sudan’s gum arabic trade, once worth $183 million annually, is now looted and taxed by the RSF...
July 16, 2026
Egypt Locks In a $4.69 Billion Abrams Tank Deal With the US
A $4.69B U.S. Foreign Military Sale will refurbish 555 Egyptian M1A1 Abrams tanks with new thermal sights, engines, and transmissions...
July 16, 2026
France Withdraws All Diplomats From Burkina Faso After Junta Cuts Ties
France pulls diplomats from Burkina Faso after June 26 rupture, ordering all staff out by July 6. The split follows...
July 16, 2026