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Capital

Accra

Head of State

President Nana Akufo-Addo

Head of Government

President Nana Akufo-Addo

Workers load trucks for export to Africa at Yantai port in Shandong province this month. The jump in Africa’s trade deficit with China was driven by a 25.8 per cent surge in Chinese exports, outpacing 5.4 per cent growth in African shipments to China. Photo: AFP

China-Africa relations

China widens trade gap with Africa to record US$102 billion amid US pressure

Data points to growing African trade deficit as Trump imposes tariffs, and African demand for manufactured goods and commodity price spikes.

21 Jan 2026 - 8:00PMvideocam

Science

Science drives China’s westward expansion in Africa

26 Oct 2025 - 4:05PMvideocam

China-Africa relations

A new model for peace? China takes its Global Security Initiative to Africa

30 Aug 2025 - 6:42PMvideocam

Japan

Backlash in Japan after symbolic Africa ties misread as mass migration plan

Angry residents have bombarded city halls with calls and emails, fearing their hometowns were being ‘given away’ to African migrants.

28 Aug 2025 - 8:00AM

A worker at a sawmill in Nigeria. The country’s government had incorrectly claimed that Japan was creating a special visa category for young Nigerian blue-collar workers. Photo: Reuters

China trade

Despite US-China tariff truce, the turning tide keeps reshaping shipping routes

Analysts do not expect tariffs to be eliminated, regardless of what happens in the coming three months, and this could continue weighing on US import volumes.

12 Aug 2025 - 8:00PMvideocam

China-Africa relations

‘Extremely daring’: Chinese miners putting gold over their own lives in Africa

Gold miners from China are also more vulnerable to the wave of killings and kidnappings than their Western counterparts, observers say.

11 Aug 2025 - 5:26PMvideocam

Aviation accidents

Ghana defence and environment ministers killed in helicopter crash

A total of three crew and five passengers died after the aircraft dropped off the radar and went down in a heavily forested area.

7 Aug 2025 - 12:15PM

People work at the site of a military helicopter crash in Sikaman near Adansi, in Ghana’s Ashanti region on Wednesday. Photo: AP

China-Africa relations

Chinese nationals in Africa ‘vulnerable to kidnappings’ as cases rise

Analysts say there’s a perception that Chinese prefer to operate outside the formal banking system and that they carry large sums of cash.

10 Jul 2025 - 12:00PMvideocam

SCMP Highlights

China-Ghana row over gold, why EVs make people sick: SCMP daily highlights

From China partially lifting a Japanese seafood ban to a quick fix for motion sickness, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

30 Jun 2025 - 9:15PM

China-Africa relations

Ghana at loggerheads with China over rampant illegal gold mining

Ambassador to Ghana denies Chinese nationals are solely to blame for ‘galamsey’, branding the accusations a ‘significant injustice’.

30 Jun 2025 - 2:00PMvideocam

Anti-illegal mining taskforce personnel respond to a concession breach at the Gold Fields Mine in Tarkwa, Ghana, in April. Photo: Reuters

Tourism

Rising seas eat away African country’s coast, and a dark history

Ocean surges are eroding the coastline of Ghana, and with it remnants of the West African country’s historical role in the slave trade.

31 May 2025 - 4:29PM

Africa

Ghana will not quit IMF deal but wants changes, says president-elect

Ghana’s president-elect wants to review the $3 billion rescue package to tackle wasteful spending and upgrade the energy sector.

14 Dec 2024 - 9:13PM

Africa

Ghana’s ex-leader Mahama declared presidential election winner

Previously president between 2012 and 2017, John Dramani Mahama has promised to ‘reset’ Ghana, usher in economic revival.

10 Dec 2024 - 2:49PM

China-Africa relations

Chinese firms bet on African gold as prices surge in the face of uncertainty

Observers say mining investments in South Africa and Ghana could help Beijing weather geopolitical instability and potential sanctions.

25 Nov 2024 - 10:00PMvideocam

A Chinese-invested gold processing plant in Orkney, South Africa is expected to create 4,000 new jobs. Photo: X/ @buamogaetsho

Denmark

Denmark shuts embassies in junta-led Mali and Burkina Faso

Denmark is opening embassies in Senegal, Tunisia and Rwanda as part of its new orientation in Africa.

27 Aug 2024 - 2:20PMvideocam

Junta supporters wave a Russian flag in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 2022. File photo: AP

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Shanti Pereira hopes Olympic exploits ‘put Singapore on map’, ‘sad’ after exit

Singapore sprint star adamant she will not be defined by struggles in French capital, sets Los Angeles goal.

6 Aug 2024 - 12:33AM

Food and Drinks

Climate change impact pushes Hong Kong chocolate makers to plant cacao trees

Prices of cocoa beans, key ingredient of chocolate, have rocketed as climate change hits harvests. Hong Kong’s bean-to-bar chocolate makers describe how they are growing their own.

8 Jul 2024 - 10:02AM

Indonesia

From scam syndicate slave to justice crusader: an Indonesian survivor’s journey

Trapped abroad and feeling forgotten about at home, Indonesia’s trafficking victims languish as their families demand more action.

25 Jun 2024 - 4:00PMvideocam

A member of Thai military personnel stands guard in Mae Sot district overlooking the Moei River that forms the border with Myanmar. Photo: AFP

Ukraine war

World leaders back just peace for Ukraine as Zelensky laments China’s absence from summit

Over 90 countries attended a Swiss summit at the behest of Ukraine’s president – but Russia was not invited and China did not attend.

17 Jun 2024 - 9:51AM

China-Africa relations

Can China balance local interests with its needs as it eyes African fish stocks?

The country is investing heavily in port facilities across the continent, but its trawlers are accused of putting local stocks at risk.

16 Jun 2024 - 3:13PMvideocam

Middle East

Opinion | Wary of ‘the ugly American’, Arab world is leaning towards China and Russia

As the US funds Israel’s war in Gaza, it is quickly losing credibility in the Middle East, where public opinion is tilting towards Beijing and Moscow.

12 Jun 2024 - 5:30AMvideocam

China-Africa relations

China envoys deliver Xi’s invite to African leaders for September FOCAC summit

In a break with tradition, several countries have announced the date for the China-Africa cooperation forum in Beijing.

7 Jun 2024 - 6:00PMvideocam

Workers clean anchovies destined for the Chinese market at a processing plant in Kenya. Photo: Xinhua

Profile

Mean Girls actress Jo Chim on building a legacy and scoring a Nasa invite

Hong Kong-born actress and filmmaker Jo Chim tells Kate Whitehead about hiding her Chinese side from school friends, being mean in Mean Girls and why she got invited to Nasa.

3 Jun 2024 - 7:15AMvideocam

The Football Association of Hong Kong, China

Double delight for Losada, Eastern win FA Cup and Hong Kong hand him coaching role

Eastern head coach Roberto Losada’s side overcome spirited Sham Shui Po in extra-time thriller to claim FA Cup title. Hong Kong officials make him assistant coach for World Cup qualifiers.

1 Jun 2024 - 9:18PM

The Football Association of Hong Kong, China

From fixing car lights to FA Cup final, Eastern star Baffoe cherishing pro dream

Eastern star Noah Baffoe will play key role in side’s FA Cup final side a year after combining football with work fixing car lights, but is non-committal over future after 28-goal season.

1 Jun 2024 - 2:26PM

Noah Baffoe has been one of the stars of the 2023-24 Hong Kong season. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Britain

UK ambassador to Mexico removed after pointing gun at staff

A video circulated on social media showed Jon Benjamin jokingly pointing an assault rifle at a local embassy employee inside a vehicle.

1 Jun 2024 - 8:47AM

British diplomat Jon Benjamin. Photo: UK foreign ministry

Africa

US expected to designate Kenya as major non-Nato ally as Biden hosts Ruto

A designation would reflect Washington’s drive to deepen relations with the East African nation, which has long also had close relations with Russia and China.

23 May 2024 - 3:07PM

Banking & finance

The View | IMF, World Bank must do more to defuse the bomb of poor nations’ debt

The focus is on retooling current approaches when what debt-burdened countries need is an economic re-engineering to produce more lucrative goods and innovative ways to pay down debt using commodities.

25 Apr 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

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Ghana

China widens trade gap with Africa to record US$102 billion amid US pressure

Data points to growing African trade deficit as Trump imposes tariffs, and African demand for manufactured goods and commodity price spikes.

Science drives China’s westward expansion in Africa

A new model for peace? China takes its Global Security Initiative to Africa

Backlash in Japan after symbolic Africa ties misread as mass migration plan

Angry residents have bombarded city halls with calls and emails, fearing their hometowns were being ‘given away’ to African migrants.

Despite US-China tariff truce, the turning tide keeps reshaping shipping routes

Analysts do not expect tariffs to be eliminated, regardless of what happens in the coming three months, and this could continue weighing on US import volumes.

‘Extremely daring’: Chinese miners putting gold over their own lives in Africa

Gold miners from China are also more vulnerable to the wave of killings and kidnappings than their Western counterparts, observers say.

Ghana defence and environment ministers killed in helicopter crash

A total of three crew and five passengers died after the aircraft dropped off the radar and went down in a heavily forested area.

Chinese nationals in Africa ‘vulnerable to kidnappings’ as cases rise

Analysts say there’s a perception that Chinese prefer to operate outside the formal banking system and that they carry large sums of cash.

China-Ghana row over gold, why EVs make people sick: SCMP daily highlights

From China partially lifting a Japanese seafood ban to a quick fix for motion sickness, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

Ghana at loggerheads with China over rampant illegal gold mining

Ambassador to Ghana denies Chinese nationals are solely to blame for ‘galamsey’, branding the accusations a ‘significant injustice’.

Rising seas eat away African country’s coast, and a dark history

Ocean surges are eroding the coastline of Ghana, and with it remnants of the West African country’s historical role in the slave trade.

Ghana will not quit IMF deal but wants changes, says president-elect

Ghana’s president-elect wants to review the $3 billion rescue package to tackle wasteful spending and upgrade the energy sector.

Ghana’s ex-leader Mahama declared presidential election winner

Previously president between 2012 and 2017, John Dramani Mahama has promised to ‘reset’ Ghana, usher in economic revival.

Chinese firms bet on African gold as prices surge in the face of uncertainty

Observers say mining investments in South Africa and Ghana could help Beijing weather geopolitical instability and potential sanctions.

Denmark shuts embassies in junta-led Mali and Burkina Faso

Denmark is opening embassies in Senegal, Tunisia and Rwanda as part of its new orientation in Africa.

Shanti Pereira hopes Olympic exploits ‘put Singapore on map’, ‘sad’ after exit

Singapore sprint star adamant she will not be defined by struggles in French capital, sets Los Angeles goal.

Climate change impact pushes Hong Kong chocolate makers to plant cacao trees

Prices of cocoa beans, key ingredient of chocolate, have rocketed as climate change hits harvests. Hong Kong’s bean-to-bar chocolate makers describe how they are growing their own.

From scam syndicate slave to justice crusader: an Indonesian survivor’s journey

Trapped abroad and feeling forgotten about at home, Indonesia’s trafficking victims languish as their families demand more action.

World leaders back just peace for Ukraine as Zelensky laments China’s absence from summit

Over 90 countries attended a Swiss summit at the behest of Ukraine’s president – but Russia was not invited and China did not attend.

Can China balance local interests with its needs as it eyes African fish stocks?

The country is investing heavily in port facilities across the continent, but its trawlers are accused of putting local stocks at risk.

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}Opinion | Wary of ‘the ugly American’, Arab world is leaning towards China and Russia

As the US funds Israel’s war in Gaza, it is quickly losing credibility in the Middle East, where public opinion is tilting towards Beijing and Moscow.

China envoys deliver Xi’s invite to African leaders for September FOCAC summit

In a break with tradition, several countries have announced the date for the China-Africa cooperation forum in Beijing.

Mean Girls actress Jo Chim on building a legacy and scoring a Nasa invite

Hong Kong-born actress and filmmaker Jo Chim tells Kate Whitehead about hiding her Chinese side from school friends, being mean in Mean Girls and why she got invited to Nasa.

Double delight for Losada, Eastern win FA Cup and Hong Kong hand him coaching role

Eastern head coach Roberto Losada’s side overcome spirited Sham Shui Po in extra-time thriller to claim FA Cup title. Hong Kong officials make him assistant coach for World Cup qualifiers.

From fixing car lights to FA Cup final, Eastern star Baffoe cherishing pro dream

Eastern star Noah Baffoe will play key role in side’s FA Cup final side a year after combining football with work fixing car lights, but is non-committal over future after 28-goal season.

UK ambassador to Mexico removed after pointing gun at staff

A video circulated on social media showed Jon Benjamin jokingly pointing an assault rifle at a local embassy employee inside a vehicle.

US expected to designate Kenya as major non-Nato ally as Biden hosts Ruto

A designation would reflect Washington’s drive to deepen relations with the East African nation, which has long also had close relations with Russia and China.

The View | IMF, World Bank must do more to defuse the bomb of poor nations’ debt

The focus is on retooling current approaches when what debt-burdened countries need is an economic re-engineering to produce more lucrative goods and innovative ways to pay down debt using commodities.

Opinion | Wary of ‘the ugly American’, Arab world is leaning towards China and Russia