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Xi to Host Arab Leaders This Week Amid Gaza Crisis
China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that President Xi Jinping will host the leaders of four Arab countries this week, as Beijing hosts the tenth China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) ministerial meeting on Thursday. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa ...
The African Development Bank and the Role of China in Africa’s Call for Changes in the Global Financial Architecture
By Tim Hirschel-Burns and Oyintarelado Moses To close out a month in which the Asian Development Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development also held their annual meetings, the African Development Bank (AfDB) will hold its
Biden Woos Kenya’s Ruto With Major Ally Status on State Visit
By Danny Kemp A diplomatic upgrade and a surprise appearance by Barack Obama: U.S. President Joe Biden pulled out the stops as he hosted Kenyan counterpart William Ruto for a lavish state visit aimed at competing with Russia and China for ...
Ruto’s Visit to Washington Provokes Some Highly Misleading Media Narratives About Chinese Debt
Kenyan President William Ruto met his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday, marking the first African state visit in 16 years. Although Kenya's burgeoning debt crisis was widely expected to be high on the agenda, that ...
Biden Fetes Kenyan Leader as Africa Competition Grows
By Aurelia End and Shaun Tandon Kenyan President William Ruto opened the first state visit to Washington by an African leader in more than 15 years on Wednesday, as President Joe Biden seeks to counter geopolitical headwinds across the continent.
Chinese Embassy in Kenya Hosts Unusual Event About Taiwan
The Chinese embassy in Kenya hosted an unusual forum on Monday that focused on Beijing's already well-known position regarding the status of Taiwan. Ambassador Zhou Pingjian apparently wanted to make it very clear to the nearly two dozen senior officials, MPs, and ...
Kenya’s Chinese Debt to be on the Agenda When Ruto Arrives in Washington
Kenyan President William Ruto will arrive in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, the midway point of a four-day visit to the United States that will include talks with President Joe Biden. U.S. officials said in advance of Ruto's arrival that debt relief ...
Zimbabwe Agreement Could Signal China’s Return to African Rail
TransTech, a subsidiary of China Railway Group, reportedly signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the state-owned National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) that could lead to a recapitalization of the country’s railway network. Bloomberg reports that the agreement is currently limited to studying ...
Chinese Contractor Completes Construction of New Nigerian Transportation University
The Chinese contractor that built a new $50 million transportation university in northern Nigeria formally handed over the facility on Friday to the Federal government at a ceremony in the capital, Abuja. The new university was built as part of a ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: China in the Sahel | ChatGPT’s take on China-Africa
China somehow managed to get the oil flowing between Niger and Benin this week amid a bitter dispute between the two West African countries that had briefly shut down the pipeline. Eric, Cobus, and Geraud ...
Benin Allows Niger to Export Crude, Overcoming a Dispute
Benin's government said on Wednesday that it would allow the export of Nigerien oil through its port of Seme, resolving a tense standoff between the West African neighbors. Land-locked Niger last November inaugurated a giant oil pipeline to transport crude extracted ...
Japan-Kenya Loan Deal Shifts Chinese Influence
Japan will reportedly provide about $107 million in bilateral loans to Kenya for port, water, and electricity infrastructure, to be implemented from next week. The deal signals a stronger role for Japan as an external partner to the continent amid G7 anxieties about China’s influence.