By Ugandan Journalist Edward Ssekika, first published on The Observer. Foxtail millet yields up to two tonnes per acre, is drought tolerant and matures in only 75 days. “I used to grow our local [finger] millet. But this Chinese one… Continue Reading
By Kenyan journalist Gitonga Njeru, first published on Africa Science News. Kenya and China have forged a partnership in restricting the illegal trade of rare vipers. The vipers are illegally trafficked and sold in China to cartels and criminals. The Kenya-China… 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 Kenyan journalist Lenah Bosibori, first published on TalkAfrica. The Chinese government has completely closed down its domestic ivory market leading to the rise of African elephants in the wild. In Kenya the Chinese Government has provided state of the art… 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
By Kenyan journalist Njeri Kimani, first published on Khuluma Africa. “The first night I got electricity in my house I kept on blowing the bulb for it to go off, just like I was used to blowing my tin lamp”, laughs… Continue Reading
By Nigerian journalist Eromo Egbejule, first published in the April 2018 issue of The Africa Report as part of a lead story on China relations in Nigeria. The second article, entitled Djibouti’s Booming Scene – Fueled By Foreign Militaries, was… Continue Reading
By Ugandan journalist Francis Mugerwa, first published on Daily Monitor. It is a sunny morning and a young man is seen squatting, holding a trowel in his right hand as he plasters cement on a drainage that is being constructed along the… Continue Reading