Day: March 14, 2022
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U.S.-Africa Summit Showcases New Biden Strategy, Amid Republican Complaints
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris opened the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit yesterday with an optimistic message focusing on Africa’s youth. President Joe Biden is scheduled to join the summit today, and his administration has leaned into new cooperation initiatives. These include an additional $100 million to expand the Obama-era Youth African Leaders ...
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Critical Report from African Think Tank Name-Checked in Beijing’s Response to Summit
While the Biden administration is trying to steer discussions of its Africa summit away from its geopolitical competition with China, the opposite is true in Beijing. At a press briefing on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin framed the summit as a geopolitical tool:
Chinese Press: The U.S.-Africa Summit is All About China
The Chinese press and think tank coverage of the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit is echoing the geopolitics-focused response from the Foreign Ministry. China’s state-owned nationalist tabloid Global Times set the tone by arguing that the summit is a continuation of Trump-era “America First’ approach, saying that “whether the ...
Prominent Africa Scholar Shapes Beijing’s Summit Talking Points
Chinese experts play a key role in shaping Beijing’s messaging on the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit. Key among them is He Wenping, a researcher at the Institute of West Asian and African Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She is one of the most prominent Africa ...
U.S. Signs MoU with DRC, Zambia for e-Vehicle Supply Chains
The governments of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United States to develop an electric vehicle supply chain in their countries. The exact details of the agreement are still unclear, but it likely involves refining cobalt - a key mineral used ...
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in support of Operation Epic Fury, at an undisclosed location, February 28, 2026. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS
By Sophie Wushuang Yi Operation Epic Fury has given Chinese military planners something no simulation can replicate: a live stress-test of American high-end warfighting capacity in a prolonged, high-intensity conflict against a determined regional power. The more consequential question is not whether the ...
Major Setback For Chinese Mining Interests in Guinea as Junta Suspends Simandou Iron Ore Project
China's long-term ambition to reduce its dependence on Australian iron ore suffered a major setback late last week when Guinea's ruling junta ordered the immediate suspension of all activities at the massive Simandou mine. Interim President Mamady ...
While Guinea’s Iron Ore Sales to China Stall, Bauxite Shipments Continue Apace
New shipments of Guinean bauxite arrived in China's northeastern rustbelt zone of Shandong province last week, helping to ease supply constraints of the essential ingredient used to manufacture aluminum. Guinea has emerged as a vital supplier to China ...
New Chinese-Built Internet Cable Lands in Seychelles
The Chinese-built Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) sub-sea internet cable has now been extended to the African island nation of Seychelles. President Wavel Ramkalawan (photo) and Ambassador Guo Wei led a ceremony last week to mark the cable's landing in the Indian ...
South Africa’s Standard Bank Wants to Exit a Once-Legendary Joint Venture with Chinese Mega-Bank ICBC
Standard Bank, one of South Africa’s major banks, is looking to exit a joint venture with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC.) The joint venture, the London-based ICBC Standard Bank Plc (ICBCS), long represented the largest Chinese investment on the continent.
As Russia Distracts the U.S., China’s Middle East Ties are Booming
As U.S. and EU foreign policy increasingly disengages from the Middle East to focus on the crisis in Eastern Europe, China is building stronger relations with the powerful Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC.) In 2020, China replaced the EU as the biggest trading partner of the GCC (made ...
Ghana Government Under Growing Pressure on Illegal Fishing
The European Union is putting pressure on Ghana to tackle illegal fishing in its waters, threatening its access to the lucrative European seafood market. In 2021, the EU issued a so-called yellow card, saying that if Ghana doesn’t improve fisheries management, it could face seafood-related sanctions.
Kenya Must Boost Fishing Industry to Lessen Impact of Chinese Imports: Principal Secretary
Macharia Kamau, Kenya’s Principal Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the country’s former delegate to the UN, says the solution to Chinese imports flooding Kenya’s fish market isn’t to stop imports. Rather, he urged the East African country to move more aggressively into sea fishing. ...
Chinese Tastes Shaping South African Wine-Making
South African winemakers are increasingly tailoring their products to the tastes of the Chinese market. South Africa’s share of China’s wine market was less than 1% in 2019. However, it’s grown rapidly, thanks to China’s massive tariffs on Australian wine. Before the trade war, Australia accounted ...