By Merve Ayse KizilaslaERVE Ankara offers a new opportunity to diversify and establish more humane, balanced, reasonable, and far from risky engagements to African countries Since 2002, Turkey’s engagement with Africa has been one of the country's main pillars under its humanitarian and multi-dimensional foreign policy, focusing on enhancing ties on trade,
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Five Things US Policymakers Must Understand About China-Africa Relations
By Jordan Link OVERVIEWThe United States must focus on developing a positive vision for the future of its role in Africa rather than relying solely on criticizing China’s engagement on the continent.PRESS CONTACT Introduction and summary The eighth convening of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), likely to be held late this year, marks
Rising food prices could ignite unrest and instability in Africa
Governments must act fast to ensure their people are fed and avoid conflict the continent cannot afford. By Ronak Gopaldas and Menzi Ndhlovu Since the onset of COVID-19, global food prices have rocketed, putting pressure on the world’s most fragile countries. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) believes that ‘soaring prices –
Eye on China, India Set to Cement Africa Defence Ties
With China making deep inroads into Africa, , India now plans to institutionalise a biennial conclave with the defence ministers of different countries of the continent. Defence minister Rajnath Singh will host the second India-Africa Defence Dialogue (IADD) on the sidelines of the DefExpo scheduled at Gandhinagar in Gujarat in March next year, said an official
Russia Building Military Influence in Africa to Challenge US, French Dominance
By Elliot Smith In the past two months alone, Russia has signed military cooperation agreements with Nigeria and Ethiopia, Africa's two most populous nations.The U.S. has pledged to reignite its economic and commercial engagements in Africa, but a planned drawback of troops is giving way to extensive spending on operational bases
Gold Rush: What is Fuelling Violence in Africa’s Sahel Region
Africa Became Hardest Hit by Terrorism This Year – Report
Africa became the region hardest hit by terrorism in the first half of 2021 as the Islamic State and al-Qaida extremist groups and their affiliates spread their influence, boasting gains in supporters and territory and inflicting the greatest casualties, U.N. experts said in a new report. The panel of experts said
Data exposes alarming rate of Violence Against Children in Africa
Maureen Okpe The African Partnership to End Violence Against Children (APEVAC) in a study, has revealed that more than half of all children, have experienced physical abuse, noting, violence against children has approached an unacceptable scale in Africa. APEVAC an initiative of the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) disclosed that four in
China and Russia Both Cooperating and Competing in Africa
By Paul Goble Russia and China are typically lumped together as the two new challengers to the role of Western countries in Africa. They are certainly that, but they are pursuing rather differing strategies and, thus, are virtually certain to find themselves at odds in the future. Moscow has sought short-term
Six Reasons Africa Finds China Attractive, and Western Criticism of its Relationship Unjust
Africa sees China as an inspirational development partner that can help it forge its own economic path and reject the narrative that the continent is a passive victim of exploitation By Mwansa Chalwe Snr China and African countries will convene at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Dakar, Senegal, in September, three years after