Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | ERITREACHINABRIEFING A golden entrance 1st June 2012 Australian mining firm Chalice Gold Mines announced on 27 April that it would sell its 60% stake in the Zara gold mine in Eritrea to China Shanghai Corporation...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | ANGOLAINDIABRIEFING Asian workers strike in Kwanza Sul 1st June 2012 A wage dispute at an Angolan building site in Chindonga, a sleepy town in Kwanza Sul, is causing a storm in India.
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | JAPANAFRICABRIEFING Full steam ahead on the Marrakech Express 1st June 2012 Despite a faltering economy and a devastating 2011 earthquake, Japan’s Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba told the follow-up meeting to the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Marrakech,...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | SIERRA LEONECHINABRIEFING Undiplomatic diplomats 1st June 2012 China is Sierra Leone’s largest foreign investor. However, you would not know that from the chaotic state of Sierra Leone’s mission in Beijing, which has had to change...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | JAPAN Kuniko Ozaki 1st June 2012 Judge, International Criminal Court Kuniko Ozaki is the presiding judge in next month’s trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague of Kenya’s so-called ‘Ocampo 4’.
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | VIETNAM Le Luong Minh 1st June 2012 Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs, Vietnam Deputy Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh is one of Vietnam’s most experienced diplomats. He was posted to Vietnam’s permanent mission to the United Nations for 14 years, leading...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | INDIA Pratibha Devisingh Patil 1st June 2012 President, India The five-year term of Pratibha Patil, India’s first female President, ends on 25 July. Her final foreign tour on 27 April–7 May took in South Africa and the...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 7 | SUDANSOUTH SUDANCHINA Beijing faces both ways 4th May 2012 Pressure is mounting on President Hu Jintao’s government to use its commercial ties with Juba and Khartoum for constructive diplomacy South Sudan’s government and ruling party have welcomed the billions of dollars in promised investment that resulted from President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s April visit to Beijing, but they...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 7 | SUDANSOUTH SUDANCHINA Eight billion dollars, a mike and no peace 4th May 2012 Border clashes between Sudan and South Sudan brought an early close to Salva Kiir Mayardit’s trip to China, originally due to end on 28 April. After a session...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 7 | CHINAAFRICA Redback takes on greenback 4th May 2012 African countries will be among the first to adopt the Chinese renminbi as a reserve currency South Africa, China’s largest trading partner on the continent, looks set to be the first African nation to join the 20 other countries and regions that have swapped...