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Hidden Uranium in DRC Cobalt Exports to China: Is It a Problem?

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China, Taiwan and the Somaliland Question

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Kenyan President Orders Crackdown on Foreigners in Small Businesses, Including Chinese

4

Is China Decolonizing African Media or Expanding Its Influence?

5

Africa Buys From China. What Can It Sell Back?

6

Why Namibia's China Strategy Is Worth Watching

7

China Is More Popular Than the U.S. in Africa. Here's Why

8

What Africa's Youth Really Want From China, the U.S. and Europe

9

How China Wants to Rewrite Global Governance

10

Why Critical Minerals Alone Won't Make Countries Rich

11

What's Next for China-Africa Trade?

12

Africa's China Trade Challenge Isn't Market Access. It's Market Readiness.

13

South Africa's Protests, China-Africa Trade and Global South Politics

14

Kenya's China Debt Restructuring Explained

15

China Unveils Vision for a New World Order

16

Africa Is Closing The Door On Taiwan

17

Former State Department Insider on Washington's Muddled Africa Policy

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WEEK IN REVIEW: China's Africa Influence Test - Trade, Ebola & Perception

19

How the US Is Trying to Challenge China's Critical Mineral Dominance

20

Kenya Court Orders Secret China Railway Contracts Released

21

What Africa Looks Like From Beijing Today

22

Middle Powers in a Post-American Order

23

Inside the Race for Africa's Strategic Corridors

24

Why 3 African States Said No to Taiwan

25

China, Surveillance, and Africa's Digital Transformation

26

Awkward China-Africa Conversations in Washington, D.C.

27

Why Residents Near a Massive Chinese-run Mine in the DR Congo Are Getting Sick

28

China's Economic Relationship With Africa Is Entering a New Phase

29

View From Washington: What the US Needs to Do to Re-Engage Africa

30

Comparing U.S. and Chinese Aid Strategies in Africa

31

Who Controls the Battery Age? Congo, China, and the New Resource Order

32

Why Private Bondholders Matter More Than China in Africa's Debt Debate

33

How a Little-Known Chinese Company Conquered Africa's Cell Phone Market

34

Why Africa is Now a Key Front in the U.S.-China Rivalry

35

China's Expanding Military Engagement Across Africa

36

U.S. Pushes New Critical Minerals Bloc to Counter China

37

Africa and the New World Order: U.S. Pulls Back and China Moves Forward

38

China's Place in the New Post-American International Order

39

What Did Wang Yi Accomplish on His Low-Key Africa Tour?

40

Why Wang Yi Chose Somalia, Ethiopia, Tanzania & Lesotho for His 2026 Africa Tour

41

2025 China-Africa Year in Review

42

China's Outsized Role in West Africa's Illegal Resource Trade

43

China's Role in Africa's Industrialization: Obstacle, Partner, or Both?

44

Why the U.S.-DRC Mining Deal is Bad News For China

45

China at COP30 and the New Politics of Climate Change

46

How China Uses Parliamentary Buildings to Build Influence in Africa

47

Chinese Nationals' Role in Africa's Illicit Weapons, Mining, and Money Flows

48

Is China's "Engineering State" the New Development Model for the Global South?

49

Why China's Ability to Make a $6 Toaster is a Big Problem for the Global South

50

How China Changed Its Image in the African News Media

51

China's Evolution from "Rules Taker" to "Rules Maker" in Development Finance

52

Kenya's Chinese Debt Swap Comes With a Hidden Currency Risk

53

Folashadé Soulé on the Evolution of African Agency in China Relations

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[CGSP FORUM] Africa's Energy Future and China: Gauging the Price of Power

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Kenya's China Debt Deal Challenges Old Narratives

56

Chinese Online Outrage Over $80 Billion Zambia River Suit

57

China's Play for Global Governance Leadership

58

Africa Buys More From China Than Ever. That's a Problem.

59

Africa-Asia Relations Beyond China

60

China's Gradual but Growing Security Influence in Africa

61

Kenya Caught Uncomfortably Between the U.S. and China

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Africa is a Testing Ground for China's Global Security Initiative

63

How Zambian Media Frames China, the U.S., Japan, and South Africa

64

If You Want to Get Rich, Build a Road. Testing China's Theory in Africa

65

A Turbulent Week for China-Africa Media Narratives

66

[WEEK IN REVIEW] China Invests in Angola to Secure Food Supply Chains

67

China's Vital, Yet Poorly Understood Role in Africa's Energy Sector

68

How China Really Secures Its Loans to Developing Countries

69

The Evolution of China-Africa Research and Where It's Headed

70

Lessons for Europe From China's Critical Minerals Strategy in Africa

71

It's Payback Time For a Lot of Those Chinese Loans

72

[GLOBAL SOUTH] China Forced to Regroup After Israel-Iran War

73

China's Africa Security Strategy: Training, Arms, and Political Influence

74

[GLOBAL SOUTH] How Middle Powers Are Navigating the U.S.–China Rivalry

75

The Chinese FDI Boom in Africa That Wasn't

76

Trump's New Africa Policy Focuses on Deals... and China

77

China-Africa Critical Minerals Update: Clean Up in Zambia, Disputes in the DR Congo

78

Active Non-Alignment in the Era of U.S.-China Rivalry

79

How Chinese EVs Are Powering Africa's Mobility Revolution

80

[GLOBAL SOUTH] Why the India-China Détente May Be Over

81

Somaliland's Strategic Gamble: Betting on Trump, Backing Taiwan, Defying China

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WEEK IN REVIEW: China Becoming Africa's Go To Source for Weapons

83

The Future of U.S. and Chinese Aid Programs in the Global South

84

The New Realities About Chinese Development Finance in Africa

85

Kenya Prez Ruto Shows Persistence Pays When Negotiating With China

86

Zambia's Kafue River Disaster Puts China's Mining Record Under Fire

87

[GLOBAL SOUTH] South China Sea Update: Will the U.S. Really Defend the Philippines Against China?

88

WEEK IN REVIEW: Kenya Courts China While U.S. Sounds Alarm Over Beijing's Reach in Africa

89

The Fate of China's Global Supply Chains in the New Tariff Era

90

China and the New World Trade War

91

In China's Wake, India Tries a Cleaner, Fairer Mineral Path in Africa

92

Lessons From Southeast Asia on How to Manage Great Power Rivalries

93

South Africa's Active Yet Unequal Trade With China

94

WEEK IN REVIEW: Chinese Mining Disaster in Zambia

95

China, Africa, and the Post-American World

96

China, the U.S., and the Competition for Africa's Strategic Resources

97

Zimbabwe's Fight for Responsible Mining: Lessons for Africa & China

98

The End of the West and the Future of China

99

Tracking China's Dominance of the Transition Minerals Trade

100

Chinese AI, Automotive Tech Poised to Sweep Across Global South