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Howard French on the Stark Differences Between U.S. and Chinese Diplomacy in Africa
Author and journalist Howard French is promoting his new book Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War. In a conversation this week with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs he commented on ...
This Year’s FOCAC Should Focus on Development Projects That Are Both Economically and Environmentally Sustainable
Every day leading up to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation conference on November 29th and 30th, CAP will feature perspectives from journalists, academics, activists, and business leaders about what they hope will emerge from the FOCAC event in Dakar. If you ...
U.S. Conservatives Are Becoming Increasingly Concerned About China’s Engagement in Latin America and They’re Using the Same Rhetoric They Did About Africa
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As the World Forgets About the Debt Crisis, More African Countries Struggle to Stay Afloat Amid Rising Servicing Costs
Last year at this time, expectations ran high that Africa's largest creditors in Beijing, and among the Paris Club members were all motivated to restructure their outstanding loans to reduce the burden on some of the world's poorest countries. Well, it ...
Positive Perceptions of China Hold Steady in Africa, Says New Polling Data
The overwhelming majority of residents in 34 African states believe that China's influence in their country is largely positive, according to the latest survey results from the independent, non-partisan public opinion research agency Afrobarometer. Two-thirds of respondents told ...
Two Prominent Africa Scholars in China Analyze Blinken’s First Trip as Secretary of State to the Continent
Africa-watchers in China are closely following U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's first trip to the continent as Secretary of State. Blinken arrived in Kenya on Monday and will also travel to Nigeria and Senegal before heading back to Washington at the end of the week.
“America Will Never Oust China From Africa by Blaming Africans, but by Improving Its Own Policy to Africa.”
Rama Yade, director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council think tank dedicated her regular "Africa's Time Has Come" video post on Twitter to the subject of Chinese engagement in Africa and what she feels the U.S. needs to do to effectively compete on the continent. ...
Antony Blinken Heads to Africa For First Trip as Secretary of State
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will begin a week-long, three-nation tour of Africa on Monday, making up for a trip that was originally scheduled in August but canceled so the Secretary could focus on the troop withdrawal fiasco in Afghanistan. ...
U.S. Generals Continue to Insist China Plans to Build New Military Bases in Africa Even Though There’s No Evidence
The United States military is turning up the volume on its longstanding allegation that China is actively considering building new military bases around the world, including in four African countries. The Pentagon restated the assertion earlier this month in a report to Congress, even though ...
How the U.S. Allegation Over More Chinese Bases in Africa Fits into a Broader U.S. Narrative
The conservative Heritage Foundation's Senior Policy Analyst for Africa and the Middle East, Joshua Meservey, commented on Friday about the U.S. Defense Department report that included the allegation that China is considering at least four countries in Africa to build new military outposts. Meservey
World Bank Chief David Malpass on Debt Transparency and the Challenges of Working With the Chinese
World Bank President David Malpass pushed back against the suggestion that China engages in predatory lending to developing countries and instead described the lack of transparency in working with China as a "challenge." Malpass made the comments during an interview on Sunday with CBS Face the Nation ...