Key Facts —The headline: The International Energy Agency reported on May 13 that global oil reserves fell by 117 million barrels in April, on top of a 129 million-barrel drop in March, marking the fastest pace of inventory drawdown in the agency’s reporting history. —The supply collapse: Global oil supply fell by 1.8 million barrels […]

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The Rio Times — Africa Pulse Issue Nº 19 · ~3,700 words · 13 minute read The inaugural Africa Forward Summit opens at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi today co-hosted by President William Ruto and President Emmanuel Macron — the first Africa-France summit ever held in an Anglophone country with 30 heads of […]

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The Rio Times — Africa Pulse Friday, May 8, 2026 · ~3,400 words · 12 minute read Today’s Africa intelligence brief opens with Mali Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop ruling out any negotiation with jihadist groups as Bloomberg confirms the junta’s hardline stance two weeks after the April 25 coordinated JNIM-FLA offensive killed Defense Minister Sadio […]

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The Rio Times — Africa Pulse Covering: South Africa Xenophobia · Nine-Province Shutdown · Nigeria Summons High Commissioner · 130 Voluntary Evacuations · Two US Service Members Missing · Morocco Cap Draa · African Lion 26 · Taiwan President Lai Eswatini · Morocco Crown Prince RAF · Mozambique-US $537M MCC · Lobito Corridor Citi · […]

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Key Points — The World Bank’s Commodity Markets Outlook published Tuesday April 28 forecasts global energy prices to surge 24 percent in 2026 — the largest spike since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The World Bank commodity shock outlook projects overall commodity prices rising 16 percent in 2026 driven by the Iran war’s disruption of […]

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The Rio Times — Africa Pulse Covering: South Sudan · Plane Crash · South Africa · Police · Masemola · Nigeria · Kogi · Orphanage · Mali · Aftermath · Debt Distress · Ethiopia · TPLF · AU What Matters Today 1 South Sudan: CityLink Cessna Crashes Near Juba — All 14 Killed — The […]

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Key Points — The First International Conference for the Transition Beyond Fossil Fuels opened April 24 and runs through April 29 in Santa Marta, Colombia — co-hosted by Colombia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Santa Marta conference brings together 56 confirmed countries and over 2,600 organizations representing approximately one-fifth of global fossil-fuel production […]

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Key Points — Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is anchoring Africa’s most ambitious industrial push around a Lagos refinery designed for 1.4 million barrels per day at full capacity, with output already near 700,000 barrels per day after the Iran war doubled regional demand. The Dangote Africa industrialization strategy is being built almost entirely with Chinese […]

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