Month: May 2020
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As Enthusiasm in Africa For the G20’s Debt Relief Plan Fades, Attention Turns to What China Will do
The G20 and Paris Club debt relief proposal for Africa is encountering headwinds as a more and more countries are becoming increasingly wary of the terms of the deal. The key sticking point is a requirement that if an African country wants to qualify for the G20/Paris ...
Why Does Nigerian Representative Ben Rollands Igbakpa Want to Review Almost 20 Years of Loans From China?
Earlier this month, on May 13, Nigerian representative Ben Rollands Igbakpa introduced a motion that was passed by the House calling for an investigation into all of the country's loans from China dating back to 2000. Representative Igbakpa ...
China to Finance and Build a Massive New Coal Power Plant in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean government announced last month that construction of the new $3 billion Sengwa coal power plant will proceed after years of negotiation. The new 2,800 megawatt plant will be a joint effort between ...
Chinese Workers in Angola Stage Protest to Go Home
University of London PhD candidate Hangwei Li shared an image of a small group of Chinese workers protesting outside of the Chinese embassy in Angola where they called on the government for help to send them home. Li explained ...
KTN’s Mike Gitonga: “The SGR Has Had Scandals Right From the Word Go”
KTN News presenter Mike Gitonga discussed The Standard's reporting on the escalating SGR scandal in his morning "Press Review" segment on Monday. Gigtonga cited years of "fraud" and "malpractice" allegedly committed by the Chinese operator CRBC and its subsidiary AfriStar.
Kenya Railways Dismisses Efforts to Cancel Contract With the Company’s Chinese Partner
Kenya Railways downplayed reports that it will be forced to cancel its contract with the Chinese-run AfriStar, a subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned enterprise China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), that currently operates the country's Standard Gauge Railway, according to The Standard newspaper.
Zambia Killings Prompt Online Debate Over Compassion and Discrimination
Frustration emerged among some Chinese netizens about the apparent lack of any African response to the murder of three Chinese nationals in Zambia that happened on Sunday. Twitter user @CaliCali2000 started the discussion that then generated considerable discussion
Chinese Embassy in Zambia: Murder of Three Chinese Nationals Was “Vicious and Appalling”
The Chinese embassy in Zambia responded on Monday to the murder of three of its nationals, calling the attack "vicious and appalling." According to local law enforcement, the assailants, two men, and a woman, posed as customers ...
Lusaka Mayor Personally Shuts Down Chinese Barbershop For Not Serving Local Customers. “This is Not Wuhan!”
Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa personally shut down a Chinese-run barbershop on Friday for allegedly not serving local customers and threatened the staff with arrest if they continue to only serve Chinese patrons. "This is not Wuhan!" he angrily declared.
Three Chinese Nationals Murdered and Their Lusaka Warehouse Burned in Apparent Robbery
The fire department in the Zambian capital Lusaka responded on Sunday to a blaze at a warehouse in the Makeni district. When they arrived on the scene they discovered the aftermath of a brutal homicide. Three Chinese nationals were killed in what police say was a robbery. ...
Heritage Foundation to Chinese Government: Thank You for Promoting Our New Report on Chinese Spying in Africa
John Cooper, a senior communications manager at the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation think tank, gave a shout out this weekend on Twitter to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian for helping to publicize the new report by Africa & Middle East analyst ...
China’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe Says Calls for China to Pay Reparations for COVID-19 Are “Absurd”
China's Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Guo Shaochun, stridently rejected calls for Beijing to pay reparations to other countries for the economic damage brought about from the COVID-19 outbreak. "Recently, some politicians have been trying to pin the blame for the COVID-19 outbreak ...