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Breaking news, analysis and opinion on relations between China and countries in Africa, covering trade, resources and the Belt and Road Initiative.
Contrary to a popular viral clip, newly elected Senegalese president did not tell Paris to go away, but he may as well have with PM appointment.
Continent’s leaders are pushing back against Western pressure and tilt increasingly towards Beijing.
- Samaila Zubairu, head of the development bank, says China should not see the continent as just a source of raw materials
- He says diversifying the supply chain could help to tackle concerns over manufacturing overcapacity and carbon emissions
Meetings with Chinese delegation lead to relief in trade row between African neighbours, signalling Beijing’s growing role as a mediator on the continent, analysts say.
Beijing and Moscow are doing some things right but bigger picture forces are at play, analyst says.
Ahead of the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, diplomats have begun discussing what to put on the agenda.
Hunan vice-governor Cao Zhiqiang leads delegation of officials and company representatives to trade show in Nairobi where nearly US$300 million in deals are signed.
As China pumps money into the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, observers say its motivation is unlikely to be economic.
Chinese resource-backed loans were a lifeline for African economies but fluctuating commodity prices exposed a hidden danger.
New Zimbabwe processing plants help create lithium supply chains for Beijing as other markets tighten.
Two-way trade between China and Africa has defied expectations, growing despite economic challenges.
Organisations from Kenya and Ethiopia have signed up to the China-led space initiative to build a lunar base.
Use of resources to repay loans is a popular model for China, but critics warn these deals are unfair and ‘mortgage the future of countries’.
Amid a new Chinese appetite for avocados, South Africa will become the third African nation to export the fruit.
After pausing them during the pandemic, Beijing’s growing military diplomacy is seeing more frequent port visits.
Rwandan envoy James Kimonyo says both the US and China are his country’s friends and tensions between the two should be settled systematically.
Chinese workers are building a railway in the Sahara Desert, in China’s latest step in diversifying its iron ore supply.
Earnings by Chinese firms from construction works in Africa have dropped by 31 per cent since 2015. Experts say this is the ‘new normal’.
Forum hosted by China’s internet watchdog urges Beijing and African countries to work with UN to establish artificial intelligence governing institution and calls for bigger role for developing countries in regulating the technology.
The government is concerned about how the platform owned by Chinese firm ByteDance is complying with Kenya’s data protection and privacy laws and may ban public officials from using it.
Beijing positions itself to grow its oil and mining interests after a major diplomatic shift in the African nation.
Chinese companies will build two new sporting arenas in Africa, continuing Beijing’s tradition of ‘stadium diplomacy’ for influence-building.
Following decades of the ‘Angola model’ – oil-backed loans to access Chinese funding for infrastructure – Beijing vows to help modernise Angola.
Technology transfers have always been officially part of China’s belt and road plan, but analysts say those types of exchanges are being increasingly prioritised as Beijing bids to boost ties.
Beijing is a reliable friend and sincere partner for countries in Africa, Xi Jinping tells visiting Angolan President Joao Lourenco.
In a bid to break its reliance on Australia and Brazil for iron ore, China is diversifying further afield.
IMF report says that between 2015 and 2021, the total number of Chinese workers in African countries fell by 64 per cent.
A flurry of construction in Africa by Chinese mining companies has seen lithium exports double.
