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African Ambassadors to China and UN Officials in Horn of Africa Hold Talks
The United Nations Resident Coordinator in China, Siddharth Chatterjee, convened an online forum on Monday that included his peers from UN missions throughout the Horn of Africa (HoA) and a group of HoA ambassadors in Beijing as well as the envoy from the African Union.
Foreign Intervention is the Root Cause of Conflict in the Horn of Africa Says China’s Special Envoy
Foreign intervention more than anything else is to blame for the current instability in the Horn of Africa (HoA), according to Xue Bing, China's Special Envoy for the region. Xue made the remarks during a small press ...
U.S. and Chinese Special Envoy Visits Raise Great Power Questions in Horn of Africa
Xue Bing, China’s Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, is winding down his visit to the region with a two-day stop in Uganda, after visiting Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Kenya. His last stop before returning will be South Sudan. His tour coincided with a visit to ...
The Increasing Closeness Between China and Somalia Raises Questions for U.S.
Somalia is emerging as a focus for China, following a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Somali counterpart Abisaid Muse Ali on the sidelines of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting in Pakistan on Tuesday. This closer alignment also has implications for the United States. ...
No, China Did Not “Provide Weapons to Farmajo Regime in Somalia”
Washington's former top diplomat for Africa, Tibor Nagy, posted a highly misleading tweet on Tuesday that accused China of "hypocrisy" over remarks made by Chinese Special Envoy Xue Bing, who told Daily Nation correspondent Aggrey Mutambo earlier this week that "China will send out engineers ...
Right Now There Are Two Chinese Special Envoys on the Move in Africa
Two Chinese Special Envoys are currently touring Africa. Zhai Jun, China's Special Envoy to the Middle East arrived in Sudan late Monday night, his second visit there in a month. Zhai is currently on a week-long tour of Middle East and North African countries ...
China’s New Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa Winds Down Tour With a Pointed Message: “Countries are Fed Up With the West”
China's newly-appointed Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa (HoA), Xue Bing (photo), concluded the first portion of a week-long tour on Saturday with a stinging rebuke of U.S. and European-led diplomacy in the region. "Some countries in this area are fed up with the foreign intervention, the ...
China Emerges as Key Issue in Somaliland President’s Visit to Washington, D.C.
The President of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, spent last week on Capitol Hill and speaking at Washington, D.C.'s conservative think tanks to make the case for the U.S. to extend diplomatic recognition to the breakaway region. Bihi received a ...
Chinese Special Envoy Visits Djibouti as Part of Horn Tour
Xue Bing, China’s recently-appointed Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, continued his tour of the region with a visit to Djibouti. He held separate meetings with President Ismail Omar Guelleh, and Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Djibouti’s Foreign Minister. ...
China’s New Special Envoy For the Horn of Africa Lays Out His Agenda
China's newly-appointed Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (HoA), Xue Bing, is currently touring the region to get up to speed on the key issues. Over the weekend, he met with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and then traveled to Addis Ababa for talks ...
China’s New Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa Meets Regional Ambassadors
Ethiopia's ambassador to China, Teshome Toga Chanaka, hosted a lunch of Horn of Africa ambassadors at Ethiopia House in Beijing. Also invited was Xue Bing, China's new Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, and Wu Peng, the PRC's top diplomat to Africa. ...
China Names Veteran Diplomat Xue Bing to Newly Created Role of Special Envoy For the Horn of Africa
The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced that senior diplomat Xue Bing, most recently the ambassador to the South Pacific island state of Papua New Guinea (PNG), will be China's first Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa. Xue's appointment ...