Just twelve months after the start of commercial oil production, Ghana has mortgaged its lucrative oil marketing monopoly to Unipec via the state-owned Ghana National Petroleum Corporation –...

Southern Africa is now the major frontier of coal exploration for Indian energy companies. Khopoli Investments, a subsidiary of India’s largest private power producer, Tata Power, agreed a...

Little was gained and little lost during Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou’s first African tour on 7-18 April. Far outscored in the contest with China for diplomatic recognition, Ma...

In April, the Tokyo government named political science professor Akihiko Tanaka as President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the country’s development agency. He succeeds the respected Sadako...

In late March, seconded from the External Affairs Ministry where he headed the passport division, Amarendra Khatua was appointed Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan to ...

Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu championed cooperation in agriculture, mining and infrastructure on his tour through Namibia, Uganda and Zimbabwe in early April. Hui is one of China’s four vice-premiers,...

Turkey is underscoring its engagement in Somalia through development projects in Somaliland and Puntland. It sees the projects as proving to the United States and European Union the...

Officials from the China Development Bank (CDB) are offering to finance a substantial part of the Conakry government’s US$8.6 billion overhaul of mining and industrial infratructure, according to...

Planning and construction work on Ghana’s US$850 million gas pipeline is slowing down because the lead contractor – China’s Sinopec – fears that national elections in December could...

The government’s decision to borrow US$3 billion from the China Development Bank (CDB) has become a key election issue, much to the irritation of the authorities in Beijing,...