China’s New Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Tours the Region

Chinese Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Hu Changchun, met with Egypt's Assistant Foreign Ministers Mohamed Gad (left), Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos during a tour of the region last week. Image credit to the Egyptian/Eritrean/Ethiopian Foreign Ministries.

China’s newly-appointed Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (HoA), Hu Changchun, spent the past week visiting officials in Egypt, Eritrea, and Ethiopia as part of an introductory tour.

Last month, Hu succeeded Beijing’s first special envoy for the region, Xue Bing, who hosted a lot of meetings with photo ops but otherwise accomplished very little during his tenure.

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