South Africa Shields Its Steel Mills as the EU Starts Charging for Carbon
South Africa is raising steel tariffs as its top steelmaker shrinks, while the EU prices the carbon in imported steel...
September 26, 2026Section
Global Deep Analysis
In-depth, primary-source analysis of the global stories that move emerging markets – Africa, Asia, Europe and North America – each decoded through a Latin American and Global South lens. The Rio Times reads the original documents and shows the math. This hub gathers our deep analysis of the world beyond Latin America; for our Latin America long-form work, see the In-Depth section.
Ethiopia Accuses Eritrea of Funding Rebels as War Returns to Its North
Ethiopia says Eritrea is funding a new seven-group rebel alliance that unites former enemies, four years after a war that...
September 26, 2026
France to Send Troops to Guard the Saudi Oil Port That Bypasses Hormuz
France will send troops to guard Yanbu, the Saudi Red Sea oil port that lets crude bypass a largely shut...
September 25, 2026
Eswatini King Warns El Nino Threatens Next Year’s Harvest
The Eswatini El Nino warning from King Mswati III rests on a real forecast: above 90 percent odds of El...
September 24, 2026
Botswana Debt Climbs as President Boko Takes His Case to the UN
Botswana debt is heading past the 40 percent legal ceiling as diamond money fades. President Duma Boko took the argument...
September 24, 2026
Kenya’s Quickmart NSE Listing Still Unpriced And Unapproved
The Quickmart NSE listing was filed but still unpriced on 24 September 2026. Kenya's regulator has not approved it and...
September 24, 2026
South Africa Cybercrime Case Returns US$1.32 Million to Middelburg Firm
A South Africa cybercrime case ended with US$1.32 million returned to a Middelburg firm after courts forfeited money traced to...
September 24, 2026
Sudan US Visa Row Keeps Burhan From the UN General Assembly
The Sudan US visa row has kept Abdel Fattah al-Burhan from the UN General Assembly, with Washington silent and the...
September 24, 2026
South Sudan Transitional Government Dissolved Before December Vote
The South Sudan transitional government was dissolved on 22 September 2026, removing five vice-presidents three months before the December vote.
September 24, 2026