We are still receiving applications for our scholarship targeted to African journalism graduates to study at the University of the Witwatersrand and a themed reporting grant looking at the role of women as the subjects and actors/decision-makers/agents in China-Africa relations. Continue Reading
By Bob Wekesa On February 12 2015, South African President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma delivered his sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA 2015). Apart from the pomp, ceremony and drama that has become the hallmark of SONA, a geopolitical reading… Continue Reading
China ramped up its support to efforts aimed at containing the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, announcing $32 million worth of humanitarian aid and sending 59 laboratory personnel to the region. This is on top of the $5 million worth… Continue Reading
China to deploy troops to South Sudan China will deploy 700 troops to South Sudan later this year as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country. Contrary to initial reports of the decision, the soldiers are not… Continue Reading