
Burna Boy Passes Tyla With 46.84M Spotify Listeners
Burna Boy is Africa's most-streamed artist on Spotify with 46.84 million monthly listeners, ahead of Tyla's 46.58 million, lifted by...
July 8, 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.

Burna Boy is Africa's most-streamed artist on Spotify with 46.84 million monthly listeners, ahead of Tyla's 46.58 million, lifted by...
July 8, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief — Egypt and Morocco chase World Cup history while South Africa's anti-migrant violence, Tanzania's protest crackdown and...
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Petrobras Africa is now its top exploration priority outside Brazil, with a new Sao Tome block and $7.1 billion set...
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Morocco and Egypt lift Africa, Europe fights heat and racism, and the Americas host it all. How World Cup 2026...
July 6, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief — Africa wakes torn between the roar of a World Cup summer and the quiet weight of...
July 6, 2026
Dangote Tanzania plans took shape on June 29: a new port, a 2,000 MW power plant and a urea fertiliser...
July 6, 2026
The South Africa wealth tax debate is settled for now: Finance Minister Godongwana rejected an annual levy on the richest...
July 5, 2026
Tongaat Hulett's new owner Robert Gumede plans to turn sugarcane into electricity, ethanol and industrial gas to save the 134-year-old...
July 5, 2026
From Cape Verde's near-miracle to Germany's collapse and America's unlikely joy, one World Cup has become the emotional weather of...
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