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The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a wave of donations and exports of Chinese-made medical products around the world, including in Africa. And while in many cases these much-needed supplies were met with gratitude, in both social and traditional media in Africa, concerns were raised about the ...
China and the Future of Energy in Africa
China's played a pivotal role in financing a sizable portion of African energy infrastructure in recent years. But now amid the economic crisis brought on by COVID-19 and a sharp downturn in Chinese support for energy projects in Africa and elsewhere ...
See What Happens When You Start to Talk Openly and Honestly About Chinese Debt?
Last week the Nigerian Debt Management Office (DMO) published a refreshingly simple and transparent summary of the country's borrowing from China that included detailed information on how much the country owes, the terms and what the money's being used for. This is not something we've ...
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The team at the China-Africa Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C, has been poring through the treasure trove of information contained in the World Bank's newly released International Debt Statistics database. "For decades, researchers have ...
Mike Pompeo Accuses China of Issuing “Empty Promises and Misleading Propaganda” in Africa
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China’s Space Program Becomes New Soft Power Message in Africa
China's Ambassador to Botswana Zhao Yanbo was among a number of Chinese envoys and embassies who celebrated this week's launch of the Long March-3B rocket, which carried the new Beidou Navigation Satellite System into orbit. The new nav system presents an immediate challenge to the U.S.-led Global ...
Ghana Signs Huge Deal to Buy Trains From China
Ghana's Railway Minister Joe Ghartey signed a $235 million agreement on Tuesday to buy dozens of locomotives and passenger trains from the state-owned Chinese company DongFang Electric International. All of the new trains will be standard gauge compliant, similar to rail standards ...
The Chinese Embassy, Mining Company Move Quickly to Defuse Tension in Zimbabwe Following Shooting
Chinese stakeholders in Zimbabwe moved quickly this week to try and make amends for Sunday's violent confrontation at a mining site in the central city of Gweru, where a Chinese manager shot two local employees in a salary dispute. Both employees ...
How Effective Crisis Communications Helped Defuse a Potentially Huge PR Disaster for the Chinese in Zimbabwe
Ten years after two Chinese managers at the Collum coal mine in Zambia opened fire and injured 11 workers who were protesting against low pay and poor conditions, a similar situation, albeit on a smaller scale, occurred this past weekend in Zimbabwe. ...
China’s Outgoing Ambassador to Kenya Makes the Rounds to Say Good-bye
China's outgoing ambassador to Kenya, Wu Peng, is making the rounds to various government ministers to say good-bye ahead of his return to Beijing where he will be assigned a new, still unannounced posting. On Tuesday, Ambassador Wu paid a visit to Kenyan Interior ...
Amid Rising Fears Over Debt, Government Tries to Reassure Public That China Will Not Seize Assets
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With a $1 Billion Payment Due, Kenyan MPs Call on Government to Renegotiate SGR Loan Deal with China
Kenya's National Treasury is calling on the parliament to provide it with $940 million dollars for the latest instalment to repay China for the controversial Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). The Treasury's request prompted new appeals from MPs for urgent talks with ...