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Tag: china
South Africa resilient to China’s efforts to influence media — Freedom House study
South Africa’s free press has been largely successful at resisting efforts by the Chinese government to influence its content, a recent study by the US-based ... Read More
Morocco, China poised to promote trade
Morocco and China signed, Wednesday in Rabat, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the creation of a working group for the facilitation and promotion of ... Read More
Namibia restores Chinese firm’s lithium export permit despite ongoing corruption investigation
Chinese company's lithium ore export permit has been restored by Namibia’s mining authority despite an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption. In October, Namibia banned Xinfeng ... Read More
Nigeria to build refinery with 100,000 liters per day capacity
Nigeria’s Gasoline Integrated International is planning to build a refining capacity of 100,000 liters per day and other petroleum products, for a total investment of ... Read More
Egypt applies to join Shanghai-based New Development Bank
Egypt has reached a deal with Shanghai-headquartered New Development Bank (NDB) to join the financial institution whose strategy the Arab country says is in line ... Read More
Kenyan MPs demand more details on secret $5bn railway loan deal with China
Some Kenyan lawmakers are demanding to see more documents from a secret $5bn loan agreement with a Chinese bank that financed a cross-country railway, with ... Read More
Blood diamonds: Botswana wins bid to host anti-conflict diamond watchdog
Botswana, the world’s second-largest diamond producer, has won its bid to host the permanent secretariat of the Kimberley Process (KP), the grouping that certifies that ... Read More
From Chengdu to Casablanca: new rail-sea lines to speed up China-Africa trade
China is using new hybrid logistics links or multimodal rail-sea lines to bypass cargo chokepoints in an effort to speed up trade with Africa, where ... Read More
Chinese clothing manufacturer opens 3rd factory in Morocco
Chinese-owned garment manufacturer “Omega Textile Maroc” opened in Casablanca a new facility, the third of its kind in the North African Kingdom, which is attracting ... Read More
Africans still see China favorably, but prefer US as global superpower — survey
China is still seen favorably by many in Africa, where it is vying for influence with Washington, though, worldwide, support for Beijing has undergone a ... Read More