Vol 6 (AAC) No 2 | LIBERIACHINABRIEFING China Union under fire in Bong County 4th December 2012 China Union’s plan to relocate six villages near the Bong iron mine has been met with anger from the people of Lower Bong County, posing yet another threat...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 2 | NIGERIACHINABRIEFING More dam delays 4th December 2012 Two new large dams will be built before President Goodluck Jonathan’s first presidential term expires in 2015, according to the government. The companies constructing the dams, however, admit...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 2 | JAPANAFRICABRIEFING Tokyo’s Africa aid birthday 4th December 2012 The Japan International Cooperation Agency celebrated twenty years of international assistance to African countries at the United Nations University on 30 November. JICA’s African Department is working on...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 2 | JAPAN Isao Matsumiya 4th December 2012 Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan After an earthquake and tsunami devastated its eastern coastline and caused meltdowns at the Fukushima reactors in March 2011, Japan shut down all but two of its nuclear...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 2 | INDIA Anil Sardana 4th December 2012 Managing Director, Tata Power Anil Sardana is looking overseas to escape the constraints Indian markets place on his company. In April 2012, Tata Power formed a joint venture, Cennergi, with South...
Vol 53 No 23 | SUDANCHINABRITAIN Sanctions bypass 16th November 2012 China has quietly joined countries implementing sanctions against Khartoum, we hear. This may not reduce Beijing’s substantial arms exports to Khartoum but it is making life difficult for...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | GHANACHINA Political storm over Chinese gas contracts 30th October 2012 Opposition parties and anti-corruption activists call for investigations into and a renegotiation of Beijing’s energy and telecoms deals with Accra Leading opposition presidential candidate Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo and his New Patriotic Party are stepping up criticism about the financing of Chinese projects in the energy and telecommunications...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | GHANACHINA Call me, maybe 30th October 2012 The influence of Chinese money on Ghana’s heated politics has crossed a legal red line, say activists who accuse telecoms company Huawei of bribing officials of the ruling...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | SOUTH AFRICACHINA Calls for protection against Beijing’s exports 30th October 2012 The government wants to improve trade terms with China as new studies show how cheap imports are damaging local industries and costing jobs South Africa’s Trade Minister Rob Davies gave a list of trade concerns to Beijing officials in October during his tour of East Asia. Davies’s government wants to reduce...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | SOUTH KOREAAFRICA More summits, more funds 30th October 2012 The South Korean government is making more commitments to back its economic expansion in Africa and to promote industrialisation and trade The third Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation Forum took place in Seoul from 15-18 October, marking a stronger engagement from the South Korean government. Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan announced to...