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Congo
Sassou to travel to China for Belt and Road Forum

President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has decided at the eleventh hour to attend a Beijing summit marking the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.10.2023

Spotlight | Zambia
China invests $1.3bn in the Copperbelt to safeguard its partnership with Lusaka

State-owned China Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Corp plans to invest heavily in its Zambian subsidiary, NFC Africa Mining, which operates the Chambishi Mine in northern Zambia. This investment is designed to preserve its special relationship with Lusaka.

Subscribers only Mining 04.10.2023

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a state visit to China, 15 September 2023.

Benin, Niger
Talon seeks to reassure Xi Jinping over CNPC-Agadem pipeline

The fate of the export pipeline for CNPC's crude, one of the most important potential sources of revenue for the new junta in Niamey, now lies in the hands of Patrice Talon in neighbouring Benin.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 25.09.2023

Patrice Talon and Xi Jinping in Beijing on 1 September 2023.

Spotlight | Gabon
Coup d'état freezes China's Gabon naval base plan

Chinese diplomats are closely watching General Oligui's first steps at the helm of Gabon's transitional government, with Beijing's recent hard-won deal with now-deposed president Ali Bongo to create a naval base in the country effectively on ice.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 07.09.2023

Former Gabonese President Omar Bongo and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, 19 April 2023, in Beijing.

Inner circles | Algeria
How Tebboune's team botched its BRICS bid

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's office had trouble getting the state machinery working on its candidature to join the BRICS and failed in its attempt, unlike the six other countries to have officially applied.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.09.2023

Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Berlin on 19 January 2020.

Spotlight | South Africa
BRICS seeks to reinvent itself at Johannesburg summit

At this year's summit in the South African economic capital, the BRICS grouping (Brazil, India, Russia, China, South Africa) agreed to admit six new, non-aligned countries into its ranks. It also voiced its ambitions to create a more structured organisation and transform the block's economic power into diplomatic and financial influence.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.08.2023

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and president of China Xi Jinping attend a meeting during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on 24 August 2023.

Spotlight | Algeria
Algiers cold-shoulders Chinese companies involved in Bouteflika-era scandals

The current Algerian president is seeking to sideline the Chinese firms involved in the many corruption scandals under his predecessor.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 20.07.2023

Algeria
Tebboune stops off in Qatar and Turkey by way of China

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will visit two of his country's key partners, Qatar and Turkey, on the outward and return legs of his state visit to China.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.07.2023

Spotlight | Algeria
Tebboune to talk ports, mine and BRICS in Beijing

The Algerian president is due to fly to Beijing on 17 July to discuss joint mining and energy projects as well as Algerian membership of the BRICS group.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy 13.07.2023

In Focus | Central African Republic
Zhao Baomei, Central African Republic's Chinese mining queen

Zhao Baomei has established herself as a key figure in the Central African Republic's mining sector. The mysterious and formidable Chinese businesswoman owes her success to her networks and her sharp business practices.

Subscribers only Mining 05.06.2023

Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Brigitte Touadéra, Zhao Baomei.

DRC
Congolese government arrives en masse in China for talks

Several of Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi's ministers arrived in Beijing before his state visit.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.05.2023

DRC
Kinshasa receives first batch of three Chinese attack drones

The first CH-4 combat drone system has just been delivered to the DRC by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.

Subscribers only Defence 22.05.2023

DRC
Sicomines dispute likely to cast shadow over Tshisekedi's Beijing trip

DRC president Felix Tshisekedi will travel to Beijing on 26 May for a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, during which an attempt to find a solution to the dispute over the mining firm Sicomines could be made.

Subscribers only Mining 10.05.2023

Inner circles | Tanzania
Army supports Suluhu's military diplomacy drive

The Tanzanian army is participating in Dodoma's geopolitical realignment, diversifying its suppliers by turning away from China and looking to the Middle East and the West, as well as stepping up deployments in African trouble spots.

Free access Defence, Diplomacy 17.03.2023

Tanzania's president Samia Suluhu Hassan at the 60th anniversary of independence ceremony in Dar es Salaam in 2021.

Ivory Coast
As he tussles with cocoa giants, Ouattara turns to China

The Ivorian president is trying to steer Chinese industrial projects towards the cocoa sector so as to bypass the major international players with which Abidjan is at odds.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 16.01.2023

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan on 7 January 2023.

Spotlight | France, Tanzania
Macron and Suluhu look forward to closer business ties

Ahead of Emmanuel Macron's expected visit to Tanzania in late 2023, the French government is already preparing the ground. The hope is that France will win contracts in the maritime sector, including a particularly promising one for the construction of a new port in Bagamoyo.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 15.12.2022

Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan is welcomed by French president Emmanuel Macron and European Council President Charles Michel during the sixth European Union - African Union summit in Brussels, Belgium, the 17 February 2022.

Guinea
Beijing plugs its "narrative" through Guinean press

As part of its efforts to improve its image on the African continent, China ramped up its media presence in Guinea last month, including pushing its "narrative" on the thorny Taiwan issue.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.09.2022

In Focus | DRC, United States
US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

Ever since Félix Tshisekedi took power, Washington had hoped he would curb China's huge influence in the country. Four years later, the United States is bitterly disappointed that it has failed to break Beijing's hegemony in strategic mining issues.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy 05.09.2022

US president Joe Biden and his Congolese counterpart Félix Tshisekedi in October 2021.

Spotlight | China, East Africa
Xi Jinping's new ambitions for China-Africa trade take shape

Ahead of the CCP congress in November, the Chinese leader wants to breathe new life into its business ties with Africa. As frictions rise with Washington over tensions in the Taiwan Strait, Beijing is also trying to cement ties with friendly African nations.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.08.2022

Spotlight | Tanzania
Cabo Delgado: Suluhu Hassan turns from China to the West as terror threat looms

The Tanzanian army fears that terrorist activity in Mozambique could spread to its territory. It is now turning to new Western partners for help because Beijing, its main ally and military supplier, has not made counter-terrorism a priority.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 20.10.2021

The president of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan.

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Xi Jinping

Congo
Sassou to travel to China for Belt and Road Forum

Spotlight | Zambia
China invests $1.3bn in the Copperbelt to safeguard its partnership with Lusaka

Benin, Niger
Talon seeks to reassure Xi Jinping over CNPC-Agadem pipeline

Spotlight | Gabon
Coup d'état freezes China's Gabon naval base plan

Inner circles | Algeria
How Tebboune's team botched its BRICS bid

Spotlight | South Africa
BRICS seeks to reinvent itself at Johannesburg summit

Spotlight | Algeria
Algiers cold-shoulders Chinese companies involved in Bouteflika-era scandals

Algeria
Tebboune stops off in Qatar and Turkey by way of China

Spotlight | Algeria
Tebboune to talk ports, mine and BRICS in Beijing

In Focus | Central African Republic
Zhao Baomei, Central African Republic's Chinese mining queen

DRC
Congolese government arrives en masse in China for talks

DRC
Kinshasa receives first batch of three Chinese attack drones

DRC
Sicomines dispute likely to cast shadow over Tshisekedi's Beijing trip

Inner circles | Tanzania
Army supports Suluhu's military diplomacy drive

Ivory Coast
As he tussles with cocoa giants, Ouattara turns to China

Spotlight | France, Tanzania
Macron and Suluhu look forward to closer business ties

Guinea
Beijing plugs its "narrative" through Guinean press

In Focus | DRC, United States
US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

Spotlight | China, East Africa
Xi Jinping's new ambitions for China-Africa trade take shape

Spotlight | Tanzania
Cabo Delgado: Suluhu Hassan turns from China to the West as terror threat looms

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Namibia Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

Xi Jinping

Congo Sassou to travel to China for Belt and Road Forum

Spotlight | Zambia China invests $1.3bn in the Copperbelt to safeguard its partnership with Lusaka

Benin, Niger Talon seeks to reassure Xi Jinping over CNPC-Agadem pipeline

Spotlight | Gabon Coup d'état freezes China's Gabon naval base plan

Inner circles | Algeria How Tebboune's team botched its BRICS bid

Spotlight | South Africa BRICS seeks to reinvent itself at Johannesburg summit

Spotlight | Algeria Algiers cold-shoulders Chinese companies involved in Bouteflika-era scandals

Algeria Tebboune stops off in Qatar and Turkey by way of China

Spotlight | Algeria Tebboune to talk ports, mine and BRICS in Beijing

In Focus | Central African Republic Zhao Baomei, Central African Republic's Chinese mining queen

DRC Congolese government arrives en masse in China for talks

DRC Kinshasa receives first batch of three Chinese attack drones

DRC Sicomines dispute likely to cast shadow over Tshisekedi's Beijing trip

Inner circles | Tanzania Army supports Suluhu's military diplomacy drive

Ivory Coast As he tussles with cocoa giants, Ouattara turns to China

Spotlight | France, Tanzania Macron and Suluhu look forward to closer business ties

Guinea Beijing plugs its "narrative" through Guinean press

In Focus | DRC, United States US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

Spotlight | China, East Africa Xi Jinping's new ambitions for China-Africa trade take shape

Spotlight | Tanzania Cabo Delgado: Suluhu Hassan turns from China to the West as terror threat looms

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Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Congo
Sassou to travel to China for Belt and Road Forum

Spotlight | Zambia
China invests $1.3bn in the Copperbelt to safeguard its partnership with Lusaka

Benin, Niger
Talon seeks to reassure Xi Jinping over CNPC-Agadem pipeline

Spotlight | Gabon
Coup d'état freezes China's Gabon naval base plan

Inner circles | Algeria
How Tebboune's team botched its BRICS bid

Spotlight | South Africa
BRICS seeks to reinvent itself at Johannesburg summit

Spotlight | Algeria
Algiers cold-shoulders Chinese companies involved in Bouteflika-era scandals

Algeria
Tebboune stops off in Qatar and Turkey by way of China

Spotlight | Algeria
Tebboune to talk ports, mine and BRICS in Beijing

In Focus | Central African Republic
Zhao Baomei, Central African Republic's Chinese mining queen

DRC
Congolese government arrives en masse in China for talks

DRC
Kinshasa receives first batch of three Chinese attack drones

DRC
Sicomines dispute likely to cast shadow over Tshisekedi's Beijing trip

Inner circles | Tanzania
Army supports Suluhu's military diplomacy drive

Ivory Coast
As he tussles with cocoa giants, Ouattara turns to China

Spotlight | France, Tanzania
Macron and Suluhu look forward to closer business ties

Guinea
Beijing plugs its "narrative" through Guinean press

In Focus | DRC, United States
US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

Spotlight | China, East Africa
Xi Jinping's new ambitions for China-Africa trade take shape

Spotlight | Tanzania
Cabo Delgado: Suluhu Hassan turns from China to the West as terror threat looms