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China’s Top Diplomat for Sub-Saharan Africa Visits Tanzania

by Eric Olander
Chinese ambassador to Tanzania (far left) Chen Mingjian with Director-General Wu Peng (left) and Tanzanian Foreign Minister Liberata Mulamula (in pink). Image via @WUPENG_MFA.

Wu Peng, the Director-General for Sub-Saharan Africa in China’s Foreign Ministry, continued his African tour with a visit to Tanzania. He tweeted that he met with Tanzania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Liberata Mulamula but didn’t specify what they discussed. (@WUPENG_MFA)

?? Nigeria’s Minister of State Transportation, Gbemisola Saraki, says the rail link connecting the Lagos-to-Ibadan railway to Apapa Port will be finished in two weeks. The project is being led by China Civil Engineering Construction Co. (PUNCH NIGERIA)

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