Tag: china

Ex-RAF pilots recruited by S.African firm warned about training Chinese military pilots

October 21, 2022

Retired members of the British Royal Air Force who were recruited via a South African company to train pilots in China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) ... Read More

Kenya demands renegotiation of $5bn borrowed from China

October 20, 2022

Kenya wants to renegotiate a multibillion-dollar loan from China that was used to build a major railway because though the country is up to date ... Read More

UNGA: Africa is still divided in its stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine

October 13, 2022

African countries have been divided over the vote in the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday (12 October) that in the end condemned Russia's "illegal ... Read More

‘Health Silk Road’: China’s health diplomacy in Africa in post-COVID era

October 11, 2022

The controversial Beijing-funded African Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that is due to open in the next few months is just ... Read More

China urges Côte d’Ivoire to introduce Mandarin in school curriculum

October 10, 2022

China’s ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire has expressed Beijing’s desire to see the West African country introduce Mandarin in schools as the Asian country seeks to ... Read More

Afreximbank approves $200 million for Uganda crude pipeline as NGOs denounce the project

October 6, 2022

Afreximbank has approved $200 million toward financing of a contested oil pipeline to export Uganda's crude, while a report released by two environmental NGOs has ... Read More

EU, Namibia discuss critical raw materials and hydrogen partnership

October 1, 2022

The 2022 Session of the EU-Namibia Political Dialogue took place in Windhoek earlier this week (28 September), during which the two parties engaged in an ... Read More

Kenya’s policy reversal: from Ruto’s anti-China campaign to more pragmatic stance

September 30, 2022

While Kenya’s newly elected President William Ruto, ran his election campaign on an anti-China platform, the language of his new administration now stands in a ... Read More

Nothing’s free: skepticism grows over China’s debt forgiveness

September 27, 2022

Skeptics say that despite China’s agreement to forgive interest-free loans to 17 African countries as it seeks to dispel debt-trap allegations, the days of Beijing ... Read More

South African retailers source local clothes, reducing reliance on Chinese imports

September 23, 2022

With more than half of the textiles sold by South African retailers are imported from abroad, out of which nearly 60% of those imports come ... Read More