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 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 — 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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The Rio Times — Africa Pulse Covering: Nigeria · South Africa · Zimbabwe · Kwara · Burundi · Dangote · Somaliland · Kenya · Malawi · Sudan · Ceasefire What Matters Today 1 Nigerian Airlines Suspend Shutdown After Aviation Minister’s Intervention — “Concessionary but Conditional” — Emergency Meeting Set for Wednesday April 22, Same Day […]

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