China–Africa trade reached US$295.6 billion in 2024—an increase of 4.8 percent from the previous year—cementing China’s position as Africa’s largest trading partner for the 16th consecutive year.

Through investment in the energy, information and communications technology and transportation sectors, the People’s Republic ...

For two decades, China’s strategy in Africa was straightforward: shower the continent with opaque and corrupt loans to build roads, ports, and power plants, securing influence and natural resources ...

Tariffs, aid reduction, and diplomatic understaffing are eroding US influence, and critical mineral deals alone won’t revive it. Editor’s Note: The Red Cell series is published in collaboration with ...

With China’s rise to become Africa’s largest bilateral creditor, much research has focused on an evidence-based critique of the politicised narrative about China’s supposed ‘debt trap diplomacy’. At a ...

In the face of Africa’s debt defaults to Chinese companies, one of the largest engineering companies in the East Asian country, Power Construction Corp. of China, recently revealed that it would not ...

China's presence in Johannesburg offered more than symbolism: It provided commitments that anchor stability and growth. For ...

Africa’s vast resources, youthful population, and strategic location present a unique opportunity to reshape global partnerships.[1] Rather than remain a passive recipient of aid, Africa must assert ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's plan to skip the Group of 20 foreign ministers' talks in Johannesburg next week could leave room for China to assume leadership of the group amid a dispute between ...

"Africa is entering a period where, for the first time in modern history, it will not be dominated by external powers," Gregory Copley, president of the International Strategic Studies Association, ...

China is a major global player in clean energy, extending its influence through investments in emerging economies, particularly in Africa's energy sector. Chinese companies and financiers have been ...