Vol 65 No 3 | TUNISIACHINA No bail-out on offer from Beijing 31st January 2024 Foreign Minister Wang Yi has been wooing North Africa but his help doesn't extend to financial rescue packages For President Kaïs Saïed's beleaguered and cash-strapped government, foreign interest – especially outside the usual suspects in the European Union – is regar...
Vol 64 No 14 | LIBYACHINA Cave-in hits bitcoin miners 6th July 2023 Up to 60 Chinese nationals, along with an undisclosed number of Libyans, were arrested in western Libya last month when police discovered major illegal Bitcoin-mining operations.
Vol 64 No 7 | CHINAAFRICA Beijing pushes back on debt 30th March 2023 An interview by Beijing-aligned newspaper guancha.cn with Professor Tang Xiaoyang, a top development economist in China, has spelt out official thinking about debt restructuring as...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 6 | KENYACHINA Row over China Square discount store after traders' protest presages diplomatic ructions 7th March 2023 Battle over Chinese retailer in Nairobi and mounting debts could ratchet up tensions between Beijing-Nairobi Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria's brash response to protests of unfair competition by a retail store in Nairobi is threatening a diplomatic spat between the country and China. ... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 3 | ZAMBIACHINAUNITED STATES East-West blame game on debt heats up 24th January 2023 IMF chief Georgieva and US Treasury secretary Yellen call for creditors to speed up key talks on Lusaka's finances Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema urged creditors on 23 January to accelerate negotiations to restructure some US$13 billion of the country's $17bn foreign debt after meeting w... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 2 | CHINAAFRICA Beijing turns table on debt trap diplomacy claims 17th January 2023 On his January swing through Africa, China's new foreign minister has scored with subtle diplomacy, dropping the wolf warrior tactics favoured by some of his colleagues Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang's remarks that multilateral lenders and commercial creditors should carry the biggest blame for the debt distress of some African states comes as ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 63 No 17 | CHINAAFRICA Beijing turns around on debt 25th August 2022 China's decision to waive repayment of 23 interest-free loans owed by 17 African countries and redirect $10 billion of its International Monetary Fund (IMF) reserves to the contine...
Vol 63 No 15 | GUINEACONGO-KINSHASACHINA Beijing recalibrates its contracts 21st July 2022 Chinese mining companies are under growing pressure in Africa, as they face fresh demands from governments over payments and infrastructure related to globally strategic operations...
DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 7 | CHINAEAST AFRICAHORN OF AFRICA Beijing plans pioneering peace conference in the Horn of Africa 28th March 2022 Working with Ethiopia and Kenya, China's envoy Xue Bing promises to send engineers and scientists, not arms China is to step up and diversify its regional role in the Horn and East Africa by organising a peace conference this year to be jointly hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia, the two bigge... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 24 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Inside the mining mega deal 2nd December 2021 Touted as a new development model, the 'deal of the century' set a terrible example on corruption A scholar who delivers lectures on doing business in Africa has emerged as the lynchpin of a massive bribery scandal drawing in Chinese business magnates and some of its largest co...
