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Nigeria, Zimbabwe Move Forward With Controversial Chinese-Inspired Social Media Laws
Nigeria's First Lady, Aisha Buhari, said the time has come to regulate social media and online content and that the spread of lies and fake news is "getting completely out of hand.” In a speech on Friday to the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, the First Lady ...
Tweet of the Day: Emmerson Mnangagwa Toured the Construction Site of Zimbabwe’s New Parliament That’s Being Built and Paid for by China
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who recently returned from months of medical care in China, toured the construction site of the new parliament building Harare that China is building and underwriting.
China and Zimbabwe Have Negotiated for Years to Modernize Zim’s Decrepit Railway. Now It’s Time to Get Something Done.
Zimbabwean Filmmaker Zororo Makamba breaks down in easy-to-understand terms how the country's rail network has fallen into such a state of disrepair, despite years of efforts to revitalize it. Makamba argues that it's critical that the government work with Chinese and other partners to find a way to ...
After a “Cordial Meeting,” China-Zimbabwe Come to Terms Over Accounting Discrepancy
The Zimbabwean and Chinese governments have seemingly patched things up after a high-profile 48-hour spat over what appears to be an accounting error in the 2020 Zimbabwe budget. In the initial draft budget published last week, Zimbabwe finance minister Mthuli Ncube reported that China had only contributed ...
Tweet of the Day: Wake Forest University Professor Gives a Master Class on China-Africa Relations Using Just a Single Tweet
Wake Forest University Assistant Professor Lina Benabdallah is a leading China-Africa scholar and used just a single Tweet from China's ambassador in Zimbabwe to provide a thoughtful, cogent analysis of how the Chinese government approaches aid, agency and engagement with African stakeholders… all in less than 280 ...
Tweet of the Day: While the U.S. Talks About Building Things in Africa… Here’s the Kind of Thing the Chinese Are Doing Right Now.
This Tweet from Harare, Zimbabwe should give U.S. officials pause about the effectiveness of all those warnings to African governments about becoming too dependent on Chinese aid, loans and trade. The $100 million new parliament building, all funded and built by the Chinese, is starting to take ...
Zimbabwe Elephant Sale to China Sparks Outrage, Prompting New Set-Back for Chinese Public Diplomacy in Africa
Up to 30 young elephants were flown overseas this weekend from Zimbabwe, reportedly to zoos in China, prompting widespread anger in Africa, Europe, and the United States. News headlines, conservation groups, and social media users all expressed varying of ...
Zimbabwe Gets China, India Loans to Boost Power Generation
Zimbabwe has obtained three separate loans of just over US$108,3 million from the Export-Import Bank of China and Export-Import Bank of India to be used for power generation projects and broadband expansion. Government tied a loan agreement with the Export-Import ...
2017 China-Africa Year in Review
2017 was an eventful year in China-Africa relations. Overall the two sides remain deeply engaged with one another, however indications began to emerge this year that the relationship is undergoing a profound change. No longer can we expect to see steadily rising ...
China's New "Old Friend" in Zimbabwe
Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was long described by Chinese leaders as their 'old friend' in Africa. Mugabe's relationship with the Chinese dated back half a century when China supported anti-colonial guerrillas with weapons and training. ...
Continental Shift: How China is Changing Africa
In their new book "Continental Shift: A Journey into Africa's 21st Century," South African authors Kevin Bloom and Richard Poplak embarked on 14-country odyssey across two continents over a span of five years to report on ...
China & Africa: Are the Good Times Over?
One of the prevailing media narratives of China's recent economic turmoil is the effect that it could have on emerging markets, particularly in Africa. Now that the Chinese economy is showing real signs of slowing, the ...