Africa Intelligence Brief — Saturday, August 8, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief August 8: two anti-gang officers killed near Johannesburg, the DA opens its election campaign, and WAFCON quarter-finals...
August 8, 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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Guinea Signs Mining Convention With State-Owned Nimba Mining Company
Guinea signed a mining convention with state-owned Nimba Mining Company on 6 August, with Glencore as offtaker. A structural headwind...
August 8, 2026
Pretoria To São Paulo: Africa’s Single Market Opens A Trade Door For Latin America
South Africa is pivoting into the African single market as its Mercosur trade deal hands Latin America a direct tariff...
August 8, 2026
Nigeria’s NNPC Listing: Tinubu Commits, But Sets No Date
Tinubu says the whole of NNPC will be listed. But he named no date for the NNPC listing, and the...
August 8, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief — Friday, August 7, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 7: Nigeria commits to listing its state oil company, Angola nears single-digit inflation, South African...
August 7, 2026
Letshego Sells Five African Units to Axian as Kenya Waits Behind a Legal Snag
Letshego Holdings sells 5 African units in Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria to Axian for US$62.7 million, shrinking to...
August 7, 2026
Angola and the US Deepen Naval Ties at the Rabat Maritime Summit
Angola US defence cooperation advanced in Rabat, where the two navy commanders met on 21 July to discuss modernisation and...
August 7, 2026
Ramaphosa Backs Stripping the Power Grid From Eskom
Ramaphosa endorsed the Eskom transmission split on 3 August, clearing the way for an independent state operator to own a...
August 7, 2026
DR Congo Bans Copper and Cobalt Concentrate Exports, Lifting the Copper Price
A DR Congo cobalt export order seen by Reuters also bans copper concentrates outright, sending LME copper to its highest...
August 7, 2026