By Ugandan journalist Frederic Musisi, first published in Daily Monitor on 3 September. In downtown Ouagadougou central market in Burkina Faso Chinese nationals going about their business, either retailing China-made phones or electronic appliances, are a common sight. During a… Continue Reading
This year marked the 7th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) meeting between China and African leaders. Initiated in 2000, FOCAC is a triennial meeting where both sides review and set targets for the relationship. The 2018 Beijing gathering is the third… Continue Reading
By Yu-Shan Wu, Research Associate at the Africa-China Reporting Project and doctoral candidate (International Relations) at the University of Pretoria; and Dr Cobus van Staden, Senior Researcher: China Africa at the South African Institute of International Affairs. First published on the Mail &… Continue Reading
By Yu-Shan Wu, Research Associate at the Africa-China Reporting Project. Originally published on Africa Portal. This year marks two decades of official diplomatic ties between China and South Africa. Links were forged in 1998 when a newly democratic South Africa under… Continue Reading
By Yu-Shan Wu, Research Associate at the Africa-China Reporting Project. Originally published on The Conversation. Some observers of China’s global rise conclude that its influence is limited to military and economic capabilities. For example, it’s set to overtake the US as… Continue Reading
Africa-China Wildlife Conservation Conference 7 June 2018, 14:00-18:00 Wits Senate Room, Second Floor, Solomon Mahlangu Building University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg On 7 June 2018 the Africa-China Reporting Project and partners Global Max Media Group, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation,… Continue Reading
By Gabrielle Nina Mitch, first published on Congo Durable as Partenariat Congo-Chine : le barrage de Busanga attendu dans le Lualaba on 2 January 2018. Translated by Gerard Guedegbe. The people of the Democratic Republic of Congo experiences crippling shortfalls in energy supplies,… Continue Reading
By Gaspard Maheburwa, first published in Burundi Eco newspaper as Impact des investissements chinois dans le domaine agricole au Brunudi on 2 January 2018. Translated by Gerard Guedegbe. In the city of Gihanga in Bubanza province, about ten kilometers from… Continue Reading
By Beninese journalist Christophe Assogba, first published in La Dépeche newspaper (Cotonou, Benin) on 15 November 2017. Benin lost 4.5 to 5.7 million hectares of its forest cover between 1990 and 2010, according to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) data. China’s… Continue Reading
By Moroccan journalist Hasnae Belmekki. Translated from French by Gerard Guedegbe. Chinese traders’ migratory movement to Derb Omar in Morocco is a recent phenomenon. Specialised in wholesale and semi-wholesale goods directly imported from China, who are these small entrepreneurs, where… Continue Reading