Despite dropping to their lowest level since 2008, Chinese loans to the sector topped US$4.6 billion in 2020.

Yang Jiechi underscores the long relationship between the two nations and promised Beijing would continue to support Lusaka.

Diplomat vows China will fund infrastructure and donate Covid-19 vaccines, after US and EU threaten sanctions for disputed election and human rights violations.

The ‘waiver of sovereign immunity’ clause causing fear and uproar in African nations is not well understood, says US professor.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has ‘full confidence’ of Beijing which expects normal functions of global trade body to resume.

Businesspeople on the continent are pivoting as pandemic restrictions mean it is much more difficult to travel to Chinese manufacturing hubs.

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become director general after US dropped its objection, but analysts argue the body faces a struggle to regain its relevance.

London think tank tracks last year’s progress of flagship Chinese investment plan, finds about 15 ran into trouble.

Chinese supply of inactivated vaccines to India’s rival Pakistan announced on same day jabs arrive in the African country.

Nominee for UN ambassador post tried to address Republican concerns over Beijing’s influence on the continent during confirmation hearing.

Eswatini has backed out of its plan to join the US’ anti-China ‘Clean Network’ campaign.

The metal is largely mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chinese companies are investing heavily there.

Analysts anticipate a Biden-led US boosting trade ties and shifting from a stance in which US moves in Africa seemed mainly to counter China.

Deal was struck just hours before Nairobi was due to make its first repayment on a US$1.48 billion loan from the Export-Import Bank of China.

As Nairobi grapples with a pandemic-induced cash crunch, Chinese embassy confirms negotiations are under way to suspend payments.

Three-year relief package with Exim Bank unlocks more IMF funding but agreements with two other Chinese banks may be less favourable.

Proportion of aid in grant form increases to 47 per cent in 2013-18 from 36 per cent in 2010-12, government report shows.

Cases of the faster-spreading variant 501.V2 have put strain on hospitals, President Cyril Ramaphosa says, although progress is being made to secure vaccines.

Beijing was keen to use the trip to signal it is still willing to fund infrastructure projects and rebuild strained relationships.

Beijing writes off US$28 million in matured loans and pledges US$17 million of support in a country where Chinese firms already dominate mining sector.

Nigeria ‘engaging with China to help with access to vaccines’ as Africa faces task of securing supplies, while China targets more investment in the country.

It’s the latest Chinese investment in tiny, strategically located East African nation.

Broken economies, the Belt and Road Initiative and the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines will be discussed during Wang Yi’s five-nation tour.

Agreement opens up a market of 1.4 billion consumers to the tiny island nation in the Indian Ocean.

Hundreds of specialists are working in Zambia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Mozambique and elsewhere.

China Molybdenum cemented its grip on DRC’s mining industry after buying a 95 per cent interest in the Kisanfu copper-cobalt deposit for US$550 million.

Beijing’s ‘donation diplomacy’ seen as an attempt to gain credibility and political capital around the world.

Ambitious rail project from Kenyan coast to landlocked countries in the Great Lakes region stalled.

The US fears being displaced in Africa by China’s apparent move into public health, according to report.

Specialists from Uganda, Nigeria, Algeria and Egypt named among 24 members of the Expert Committee of the China International Commercial Court.