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With An Eye on China, The U.S. Re-Orients Its Policy in Africa

by Eric Olander


The United States announces a new foreign policy platform for Africa that is eerily similar to China’s ‘aid not trade’ position | Two of China’s largest telecom manufacturers get a two-year ban from Algeria for corruption | The pros & cons of China’s ambitious stadium diplomacy agenda in Africa and Latin America | Perspectives on the changing face of African demography as Chinese become a permanent fixture of the population.

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