In an address delivered during the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit in Beijing, President Xi Jinping suggested that the diplomatic statuses between China and the African…
At the heart of China’s transformation into a major global power is the Communist Party of China – a party with a 105-year long history. Born in July…
Last month, Taiwan’s leader, Lai Ching-te, visited Eswatini aboard the Eswatini King’s private jet. This came after his earlier planned trip was called off following several African countries’…
In May 2026, President Xi Jinping and his Egyptian counterpart H.E Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi exchanged congratulatory letters in commemoration of a very important moment in China-Africa affairs. Seventy years…
At the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in 2024, President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) confirmed that Beijing and Africa had agreed to designate the…
On 17 June 2026, I represented the Development Watch Center at a Seminar on commemorating 70 years of China-Africa and China-Arab Diplomatic Relations: Jointly Building a Community with…
At the recent celebration of Africa Day on 25th May, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hosted African diplomats and envoys in Moscow. Beyond its ceremonial trappings, this…
It is 2022. France makes military withdrawals from one West African country to another. This expulsion of a former colonial power is against its terms. First, Mali, then…
Each spring, the ‘two sessions;’ China’s biggest political assembly brings together the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) to deliberate on the…
The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative has defined Africa’s relationship with China for over a decade. Within this time the average Ugandan’s interaction with China was largely limited…
