Africa Intelligence Brief for Monday, May 11, 2026
11 bilateral deals signed, KSh104B logistics venture launched: May 11 Africa roundup covers Nairobi's Africa-France summit, South Africa disaster, and...
May 11, 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.
11 bilateral deals signed, KSh104B logistics venture launched: May 11 Africa roundup covers Nairobi's Africa-France summit, South Africa disaster, and...
May 11, 2026
US April CPI + PPI, Brazil IPCA, Argentina CPI, UK Q1 GDP, EZ GDP Revision, German ZEW, US Retail Sales,...
May 10, 2026
Today's Africa intelligence brief opens with Mali Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop ruling out any negotiation with jihadist groups as Bloomberg
May 8, 2026
S&P 500 slipped to 7,337; Brent hit $100.06; Banxico cut to 6.50%; German factory orders surged 5%. Key moves markets...
May 8, 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's May 3 private visit to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Precabe Farm in Kwekwe
May 7, 2026
S&P 500 surged 1.46% to 7,365.12 and WTI crude crashed ~7% after reports of a US-Iran nuclear moratorium deal. Eurozone...
May 7, 2026
Africa Pulse May 6: Sudan recalls Ethiopia ambassador over Khartoum drone attack; Samia Hassan questions Tanga refinery; Zambia-US $2B aid...
May 6, 2026
Global economy briefing: S&P 7,259 record as oil retreats, RBA hikes to 4.35%, JOLTS hiring surges, BCB Copom minutes released....
May 6, 2026
Africa Pulse for May 5: Ghana and Mozambique join Nigeria's xenophobia protest; INEC May 10 deadline; Ethiopia 27-day countdown; Ruto...
May 5, 2026