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Africa: China-Africa Blanket Debt Forgiveness Not On The Cards
VOA, 3 June 2020
As China tightens its belt economically in response to the coronavirus, African leaders are anxious about the future of infrastructure projects, trade and, in some cases, are… Read more »
China-Africa Blanket Debt Forgiveness Not on the Cards
Yun Sun, the director of the China program at the Stimson Center, a Washington-based policy research center says that "the Chinese economy is taking a heavy hit from COVID-19" and "that's absolutely going to dampen the Chinese ability to disperse financing or continue to support infrastructure projects in developing countries including Africa, at a rate that it did before'.
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Africa: Chinese Construction Projects Create Opportunity to Spy on African Leaders - Report
VOA, 25 May 2020
A new report is warning that China may be spying on African government officials from within their own buildings. Read more »
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Nigeria: Budget 2020 - Govt in Fresh Bid to Borrow N5.51 Trillion
Vanguard, 29 May 2020
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Nigeria: Does the Minister Work for a Chinese Company?
Premium Times, 28 May 2020
Except if the minister runs errands for the CCECC as side hustle, I'm bereft that he abandoned his post at the daily Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 and instead,… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Chinese-Owned Anjin Gets Fresh Diamond Mining Claims
Zimbabwe Independent, 22 May 2020
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has allocated fresh diamond mining claims to Anjin Investments in Chiadzwa, in Manicaland province, four years after the company was… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: 'Overreliance On China to Derail Zimbabwe's Recovery'
Zimbabwe Independent, 22 May 2020
Zimbabwe is highly exposed to any sharp economic slowdown in China due to what will likely be an overreliance on the Asian economic powerhouse for financial support. Read more »
InFocus
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The U.S. has unveiled a U.S.$60 billion investment agency seeking to invest in low and middle-income countries with a special focus on Africa. This comes six months after the U.S. ... Read more »
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Economic growth is supposed to be the tide that lifts all boats. While developing countries are being encouraged to follow examples set by China, India and south east Asia and ... Read more »
