Vol 3 (AAC) No 5 | ANGOLACHINA Reshuffling Luanda's Beijing connection 15th March 2010 As the President rearranges his government and calls for another crackdown on corruption, Beijing’s friends can take nothing for granted The news that José dos Santos da Silva Ferreira is to head a new super ministry which will oversee Chinese contracts and projects is a strong vote of...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 5 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Victory for the Kinshasa vultures 15th March 2010 The execution of the US$6 billion ore-for-infrastructure deal originally signed in April 2008 between the Congolese state and Chinese companies China Railway Group and Sinohydro has suffered a...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 5 | ZAMBIACHINA Banda bags a billion 15th March 2010 Zambia does not always get what it wants or what it wants at the right time. President Rupiah Banda went on a 10-day official visit to China in...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 5 | CONGO-KINSHASAINDIA Monuc moves out 15th March 2010 The United Nations announced in early March that it would begin to withdraw its peacekeeping mission, the Mission des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo (Monuc) from...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 5 | GHANASINGAPORE Kofi Annan 15th March 2010 former United Nations Secretary General and Professor, National University of Singapore Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is taking African advocacy directly to Asia, as he takes up his appointment as Li Ka-shing Professor at the Lee Kuan...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 5 | CHINA Zhu Min 15th March 2010 Special Advisor to the Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Advocates of Chinese engagement with Africa often take rhetorical swipes at the ‘Washington Consensus’. The fact is that China covets seats in the institutions that underpin it. Justin...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 5 | JAPAN Naruhito 15th March 2010 Crown Prince, Japan Japan’s Africa diplomacy is taking a royal turn. Crown Prince Naruhito made his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa this month. During his trip to Ghana on 7-10 March,...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 4 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Kinshasa’s missing millions 12th February 2010 Evidence of grand corruption mounts in Beijing’s showcase $6 billion barter deal with the Kinshasa government Over US$23 million in signature bonuses payable on China’s $6 billion Sino-Congolaise des Mines (Sicomines) deal with the Kinshasa government have been stolen according to a probe by a commission set...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 4 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Fixing Kinshasa's broken boulevards 12th February 2010 Agreed in November 2009, the second phase of infrastructure deals associated with the Sicomines joint venture is worth US$400 million and is expected to provide Congolese President Joseph Kabila with a...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 4 | TANZANIAINDIA RITES not right 12th February 2010 The renovation of Tanzania’s dilapidated railways stalls due to a dispute between the government and its Indian partners The Rail India Technical and Economic Services buyout of 51% of Tanzania’s national railway company is set to collapse this month. In March 2006, RITES agreed to buy part of...