Africa Intelligence Brief
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 3: Madagascar sentences an ex-Senate president to hard labour, a UN mission finds Colombian contractors...
September 3, 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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Africa Intelligence Brief
Guinea-Bissau's 70-per-cent referendum in empty polling stations, Ebola past 3,000 dead, Gabon's US$330m deadline — the Africa Intelligence Brief, September...
September 2, 2026
A UN Committee Says Governments Should Make Banks and Insurers Contribute Over Slavery
A UN committee asked governments to make banks, insurers and other institutions that profited from slavery contribute to reparations. The...
September 2, 2026
Razon’s ICTSI Buys a Southern African Cargo-Handling Group
ICTSI agreed on 28 August to buy TLG, a port and cargo-handling group in South Africa, Mozambique and Namibia, months...
September 2, 2026
Egypt Is About to Import More Corn Than Wheat, and Brazil Is Selling It
Egypt will import more corn than wheat for the first time in 2026/27, on USDA figures. Brazil shipped 5.54 million...
September 2, 2026
Brazil and South Africa Talk Trade as US Tariffs Push Them Together
Brazil South Africa trade deepens after US tariffs hit both: bilateral trade was about US$2bn in 2025, with minerals and...
September 1, 2026
Ceuta Photos Were Used to Invent a Moroccan Migration Wave in Brazil
A claimed wave of Moroccan migration to Brazil drew 13,400 mentions in a week. Official data show 57 Moroccan asylum...
September 1, 2026Africa Intelligence Brief
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 1: Niger's junta survives a Russian-backed mutiny, Ethiopia moves toward an executive presidency.
September 1, 2026Africa Intelligence Brief
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 31: Algeria mourns twelve wildfire dead and orders the death penalty for arson, Kenya’s airport...
August 31, 2026