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Jevans Nyabiage
Jevans Nyabiage
Kenyan journalist Jevans Nyabiage is South China Morning Post's first Africa correspondent. Based in Nairobi, Jevans keeps an eye on China-Africa relations and also Chinese investments, ranging from infrastructure to energy and metal, on the continent.
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Eritrea, on the Horn of Africa, helps China’s trade access to the Suez Canal, Europe and the Indian Ocean, while Asmara seeks more investment from Beijing, analysts say.

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PM Kishida’s promises of funding and support for African causes during his four-nation tour recall past glories before ‘lost decade’.

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Despite long-standing Chinese ties to the North African nation and huge investments, observers see little appetite in Beijing for direct intervention.

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Beijing’s ‘gift’ was commissioned while communities in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Guinea were concerned about Chinese fleets depleting fish stocks.

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Chinese firms have made major investments in mining projects in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, which have extensive high-quality reserves.

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Deal between China’s CMOC and state-owned Gecamines over world’s No 2 cobalt mine puts to rest dispute dubbed ‘poster child for the beginning of the end for Chinese miners’ in Congo, analyst says.

Beijing’s embassy in the North African country says it is monitoring violence and deciding whether to evacuate, while Chinese residents of Khartoum report lack of supplies and attacks near university campus.

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China held only 30 per cent of the claims but backed 63 per cent of payment deferrals, according to the study by China Africa Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University.

China is importing an ever-increasing array of non-resource products from Africa as part of a trade rebalance aimed at cutting deficits, but challenges remain, study says.

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Investors from China are tapping into the wealth of resources across the continent but in many regions, they are also in the path of violence.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China’s special envoy, Xue Bing, had a similar agenda in Addis Ababa but different stances on ending hostilities.

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A growing number of African products are in high demand in China after President Xi Jinping promised to boost non-resource imports to US$300 billion by 2025.

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The PPP financing model is expected to lessen the debt burden on Zambia at a time when it has defaulted on foreign loans and is negotiating a debt restructuring deal with its lenders.

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