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If Europe Wants to Remain Relevant in Africa, It Has to Show Up
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, declared this week that 2021 is going to be “the Africa year for the European Union!” Yes, this is the same Josep Borrell who back in March
What It Takes To Compete Against the Chinese in Africa
Remember all those exciting Africa summits that took place last year? The Russians and Turks each had one, as did the Europeans, and the Japanese. At one point it seemed kind ...
Chinese, Arab Foreign Ministers Wrap Up Uneventful Low Key Forum
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on Monday with his counterparts from North Africa, the Mideast, and the Gulf for a surprisingly low-key online ministerial conference. The 9th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, comparable to the Forum on China Africa Cooperation, was co-hosted by Jordanian ...
Mike Pompeo Accuses China of Issuing “Empty Promises and Misleading Propaganda” in Africa
The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a blistering critique of China's COVID-19 diplomacy in Africa. In a press statement issued on Wednesday, Secretary Pompeo denounced Chinese Xi Jinping for failing to provide "real transparency and accountability for the PRC’s role in ...
A Not-So-Extraordinary Summit
This week's 'Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19' was largely uneventful. The initiatives announced in President Xi Jinping's address were either projects that had already been announced before (China building the Africa CDC, which will now be accelerated) or long-term Chinese standard operating procedure ...
“Nothing New Here” Concludes Leading China Scholar About Xi Jinping’s African Debt Cancellation Offer
Mariana Rudyak, a prominent China scholar at the University of Heidelberg in Germany who specializes in Chinese foreign aid, provided a short assessment of President Xi Jinping's announcement that Beijing would cancel interest-free loans due before the end of the year.
Xi Jinping Bolsters China’s COVID-19 Diplomacy in Africa With Virtual Leaders Summit
Xi Jinping delivered the keynote address at a hastily arranged virtual African leaders summit on Wednesday where the Chinese president reaffirmed Beijing's commitment to provide financial and material support to combat the pandemic. There was very little new information contained in ...
The U.S. Messaging Strategy About the Chinese in Africa is Not Working
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued yet another dire warning this week to African leaders about the dangers presented by China. He implored African stakeholders to beware of how Beijing is exploiting the COVID-19 crisis, for which China is responsible in his view, to extend predatory ...
China Steps Up COVID-19 Diplomacy in Africa With Hastily Arranged Virtual Leaders Summit
The Chinese government announced on Tuesday that President Xi Jinping will chair what appears to be an impromptu China-Africa leaders summit that to address issues ranging from COVID-19 mitigation, debt relief for African countries and Chinese infrastructure construction projects on the continent that have been adversely impacted ...
African Leaders Plead For Faster Debt Relief at International Summit
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta used his opening speech at a virtual leaders summit of the Organization of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) to plead for more debt relief, particularly for the world's poorest countries. "The debt of many member states continues to rise. ...
Tweet of the Day: It Shouldn’t Come as a Surprise if People Are Skeptical of the UK’s Newfound Interest in Africa
Charles Robertson is the Global Chief Economist at the investment banking firm Renaissance Capital. He is a regular commentator on emerging market issues to his 17,000+ followers on Twitter. You can ...
So the UK Now Wants to Compete With China in Africa. Here’s What They’ll Need to Do
15 African heads of state were in London yesterday for the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit that was hosted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prince Harry. Like so many other "Africa Summits" in Russia, Japan, Turkey, and India among other places, China, although rarely mentioned, loomed large ...