Twice-weekly discussion about China's engagement across Africa and the Global South hosted by journa
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is not a fan of the Biden administration's climate legislation kno
This week's G20 summit wrapped up much the same way previous G20 gatherings have in recent years, wi
Chinese contractors have been renovating the Ream Naval Base in Cambodia for the past two years, lea
It's widely believed that Chinese lending to African countries is predominantly done by a few state
The re-election of former U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to significantly alter U.S. foreig
There's been a lot of talk in recent years about the new "small and beautiful" doctrine that now gui
Two Chinese logging companies are now the largest timber harvesters in the Democratic Republic of th
Even though the five countries in Central Asia are among the world's largest fossil fuel producers,
Just over a million new vehicles were sold in Africa last year, a relatively small number given the
India and China have reached a deal to de-escalate tensions along their bitterly disputed border in
The European Commission's Global Gateway initiative will turn three years old in December. The $300
Chinese Premier Li Qiang is in Pakistan this week to get ties with its South Asian neighbor back on
U.S. President Joe Biden was supposed to be in Angola this week, fulfilling a pledge to visit the co
Chinese lending to African countries rebounded in a big way in 2023 after seven consecutive years of
Africa is the only region in the world where access to electricity is actually shrinking. Prolonged
The U.S. and China plan to spend billions of dollars refurbishing key railway lines in southern Afri
The rapidly escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon prompted a strong reaction f
China's new ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa, spoke out forcefully this week to condemn the ongoing pr
For much of the past thirty years, since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been largely
