The push by African economies to accelerate investment and growth is centred on the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) ambitious plan to mobilise under-utilised domestic resources and countries’ efforts...

Without waiting for the rival leaders in Tripoli and Benghazi to settle their political feuds, Chinese companies are building up a corporate bulwark in Libya. In the west,...

Officials in President Félix Tshisekedi’s government are increasingly frustrated by the flow of sophisticated Chinese-made weapons sold to Rwanda, then handed over to the Mouvement du 23 Mars...

As an act of economic diplomacy, Beijing’s offer of tariff- and quota-free trade to 53 African countries, coming into effect on 1 May, was expertly timed. In late...

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te’s last-minute cancellation of his trip to Eswatini last week was an embarrassing setback and further evidence of Taipei being outmanoeuvred by China. Lai accused...