The long arc of Chinese lending to Africa
By Cobus van Staden The biggest headline from November’s FOCAC meeting was China’s pivot away from infrastructure funding. But like…
Biden seeks to partner with Europe for Sahel nation-building
By Julian Pecquet The US is looking to join France and other partners in the Sahel as the international community shifts…
Russia steps in as Malian junta gets more isolated by ECOWAS, France
•West African leaders cut off financial ties •Russia emerges as main defender of Colonel Göita’s regime as regional and western…
Small bands of mercenaries extend Russia’s reach in Africa
•Local despots seek unsqueamish hired guns By The Economist As he handed over a large wooden key on December 14th, a…
China decries rising violence against citizens in Nigeria
Godsgift Onyedinefu The Chinese government have decried what they described as rising attacks and violence against uts citizens residing in…
Ibrahim Keïta, ousted Malian president dies at 76
Ngozi James Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, the former president of Mali who was elected in 2013 in the wake of a…
Xi Jinping’s job is safe but China’s leadership is being shaken up
•A five-yearly churn is affecting decisions on everything from the economy to covid-19 By The Economist Elite chinese politics take place…
Mali: Is Senegal the big ‘loser’ when it comes to Ecowas sanctions?
By Fatoumata Diallo, Joël Té-Léssia Assoko Will Ecowas’ decision to suspend the goods trade and its financing – to and…
National Security: Again, Kenya refuses to release SGR contracts with China
By Eric Olander Kenya’s transportation minister Joseph Njoroge reaffirmed the government’s longstanding refusal to make public the $3.9 billion contract…
African Governments need to prepare for a new era of smaller, targeted Chinese lending-Analyst
By Eric Olander The recent pullback in Chinese lending for African infrastructure development makes sense, given debt sustainability problems in…