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Second Chinese National Killed in the DR Congo This Week
A Chinese national was killed and another injured when their gold mining camp in northwestern Ituri province came under attack on Monday by armed bandits. Local police said the assailants made off with "a little money and a few grams of ...
The Good News, Bad News About Uganda’s Trade With China
Chinese trade with Uganda has more than doubled over the past ten years from $600 million to $1.3 billion, according to Zhang Lizhong, China's ambassador to the East African country. While that is undoubtedly encouraging, the figures conceal a much deeper ...
African Development Bank Suspends Chinese Contractor Due to Fraud
The African Development Bank (AfDB) banned China Henan International Corporation Group (CHICO) from working on any bank-funded projects for one year following an investigation that found "fraudulent activity." The bank determined that CHICO failed to disclose that it hired ...
Morocco Signs Agreement for EV Battery Plant With Chinese Company
The Moroccan government signed a $300 million agreement with China’s BTR New Material Group to build a plant in the port city of Tangier to produce cathodes used in electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The government considers this plant the first step ...
China-Africa Think Tank Forum Gives a Peek of Increasingly Shared Messaging
The run-up to the triennial Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) is traditionally a moment when new Africa-China rhetoric is road-tested. The regular China-Africa Think Tank Forum is one of those testing grounds, where researchers, many of whom directly advise governments, sit down to articulate the relationship anew. ...
China-Somalia Ties Appear on the Mend After Mogadishu Broke With Beijing on Xinjiang
China's point man for the Horn of Africa, Special Envoy Xue Bing, wrapped up a two-day visit to Mogadishu on Tuesday, during which he met separately with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre. The President thanked Xue for ...
Zambia is Very Close to Finalizing Its Debt Restructuring, But There’s Still One More Chinese Obstacle in the Way
Zambia's breakthrough deal on Monday to restructure $3 billion of Eurobond debt helps the southern African country move tantalizingly close to finally ending three years of brutal negotiations with its various creditors. Even though President Haikinde Hichilema's government has already negotiated a ...
Nigeria’s Debt to China Edges Higher
Nigeria's debt obligations to China increased by almost half a billion dollars in the second half of last year to $5.16 billion, according to new data released by the Nigerian Debt Management Office (DMO). While China is by far Nigeria's largest bilateral ...
Three Chinese Warships Make a Port of Call in Tanzania
A trio of PLA Navy warships arrived in Tanzania over the weekend for a five-day port of call. The ships are part of the 45th Naval Taskforce, which takes part in multinational anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia.
Kenya, China Prep for Upcoming FOCAC Summit in Beijing
Senior Chinese and Kenyan officials held talks in Nairobi about what will be on the agenda at the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit scheduled to take place later this fall in Beijing. The two sides met on Friday ...
TikTok’s Growing Popularity in Africa
Africa has the youngest population in the world, and they are rapidly warming to TikTok, the social media platform developed by the Chinese tech giant ByteDance. With its popular short videos and music with various features, TikTok is taking off in ...
The Sky is the Limit: Aviation and Africa-China Relations
By Lukas Fiala When Angolan President João Lourenço returned from China over the last week, he made a few noteworthy announcements. However, Lourenço’s apparent desire to have China finance an air force base in Angola stood out.