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Public Pressure Mounts on African Governments to do Something About Students Trapped in Wuhan
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African Students in Wuhan Will Soon Reach a Breaking Point
It's totally understandable why Kenya, Ghana and most other African governments have been reluctant to repatriate their students from Wuhan. These countries are struggling to fortify their defenses against a COVID-19 outbreak and the prospect of bringing home hundreds of potentially infected students is no doubt daunting. ...
Nigeria Doesn’t Want to Have to Choose Between the U.S. & China
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Cries for Help From African Students Stranded in Wuhan Are Growing Louder but Their Governments Are Still Not Going to Bring Them Home
While Chinese and African government officials offer regular reassurances that African students stranded in China, particularly in Wuhan, are being well-looked after, those students are now issuing increasingly dire cries for help on social media. The students ...
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Overwhelmed by the coronavirus panic, US President Donald Trump’s impeachment folderol, and the chaotic Iowa Democratic caucuses, few took notice of the Trump administration’s announcement that it will expand its controversial 2017 travel restrictions to six more countries, including four in Africa. It is a politically expedient ...
Effects of Chinese Economic Slowdown Now Starting to Hit African Countries in Ways Both Large and Small
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U.S. Tries to Persuade Africa It’s a Credible Alternative to China
The United States regards Africa as a key arena to confront China's rising influence in the developing world. With its new $60 billion International Development Finance Corporation and its Prosper Africa policy framework unveiled last year, the Trump administration is working ...
Increasingly Desperate Cries for Help From Africans Left Behind in China
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