Day: October 3, 2019
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First Lady's Aisha Buhari's endorsement of the controversial social media and her comparison with internet control in China provoked a passionate response on Twitter. Accountant Obinna Nwosu's tweet suggesting other ways Nigeria can follow China's example received more than 1,500 likes and hundreds of retweets.
Growing Outrage in Nigeria Over Social Media Bill and First Lady’s Suggestion to Emulate China
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Q&A: Growing Demand in Africa for China’s Private Security Contractors
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Indonesia’s plans to develop its rare earth resources face a geopolitical dilemma because the fastest way to process them relies on China’s dominant technology and supply chains, even as the United States and its allies are urging Jakarta to reduce dependence on Beijing. Photo by AFRIADI HIKMAL / NURPHOTO / NURPHOTO VIA AFP
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Chinese Galamsey and the Illegal Lure of China’s Gold Rush
Some 50,000 Chinese migrants are said to have flocked to Ghana to stake a claim in the country’s illegal gold mining rush, with dire environmental, economic and social consequences. Ghana’s tradition of artisanal gold mining and the gold price boom ...
World Bank: China Sinks Further Into Debt While Investors Seem to Love Buying African Sovereign Bonds
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Aubrey Hruby: Africa Already is a Battleground in the U.S.-China Trade War
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Why Chinese and U.S. Stakeholders Should Listen Carefully to What PLO Lumumba Has to Say
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