50 Nations Meet in Colombia’s Santa Marta to Plan Fossil Fuel Exit
56 countries gathered in Santa Marta this week for the first global conference on phasing out fossil fuels — co-hosted...
April 28, 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.
56 countries gathered in Santa Marta this week for the first global conference on phasing out fossil fuels — co-hosted...
April 28, 2026
S&P 500 closed at 7,173.91, BoJ slashed its 2026 GDP forecast to 0.5%, and WTI oil surged to $97.82. What...
April 28, 2026
Aliko Dangote's $32.5 billion empire is industrializing Africa with Chinese capital — a South-South model Latin America never built at...
April 27, 2026
Africa intelligence brief: Mali's defence minister killed in largest coordinated attacks in years. Pirates hijack oil tanker off Somalia. Dangote...
April 27, 2026
Africa intelligence brief: Dangote commits to 650K BPD East Africa refinery in Tanzania. AFC warns of 86M tonne fuel shortfall...
April 24, 2026
Eurozone services PMI hit 47.4 as composite fell to 48.6—contraction territory. US manufacturing surged to 54.0. Key global economy data...
April 24, 2026
Africa brief: Durban anti-immigrant violence forces foreign businesses to close. Nigeria coup trial reveals Villa infiltration. TPLF Tigray crisis deepens.
April 23, 2026
Global economy briefing: S&P hits 7,138 on ceasefire extension, UK CPI surges to 3.3%, Korea GDP beats at 3.6%, EU...
April 23, 2026
Africa intelligence brief: TPLF restores Tigray parliament, threatening 600,000-death war's peace deal. Zimbabwe's new ZiG banknotes rejected as nurses strike....
April 22, 2026