
Ghana BRICS Bid Draws 5 Demands From APC
Ghana BRICS bid faces calls for parliamentary scrutiny: APC leader Hassan Ayariga set out five demands on 17 October as...
October 18, 2026The 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.

Ghana BRICS bid faces calls for parliamentary scrutiny: APC leader Hassan Ayariga set out five demands on 17 October as...
October 18, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 17: Nigerian fishing community faces hunger after plane crash; church suspends archbishop amid probe.
October 17, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 16: Sahel jihadist clashes spread across borders; Ethiopia launches a US$50M gold refinery; Sudan airstrike...
October 16, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 15: Ethiopian forces advance toward Eritrea, raising war fears; Kenya confirms a second Ebola case.
October 15, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 14: Kabila leads new DR Congo military front; Algeria arrests 61 Moroccans; Sudan probes deadly...
October 14, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 13: IMF raises Nigeria's growth forecast to 4.2% while military pensioners protest in Abuja and...
October 13, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 12: anti-immigrant arson in South Africa, Nigeria petrol price anger, Ethiopia foreign banking bids.
October 12, 2026
Polymarket odds that Trump endorses Flávio Bolsonaro fell from 54.5% to 21.5% in a week; South Africa, Mexico and Ethiopia...
October 12, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 10: South Africa anti-migrant violence continues, Nigeria electricity shortages worsen, Ethiopia Tigray clashes.
October 10, 2026Brazil runoff date: Sunday, October 25, poll closing times and when results start · Brazil runoff polls: Flávio 51%, Lula 49% · Kalshi and Polymarket odds