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FOCAC 2024 aims to renew the China-Africa relationship

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AFRICA/CHINA

This was the largest FOCAC event ever, bringing together leaders of 53 African countries and their Chinese counterparts. The event aimed to reinvigorate the Sino-African…

Delhi will step up outreach in Global South

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INDIA

In September, India hosted the G20 summit for the first time. It has throughout its G20 presidency sought to position itself as a bridge between developed economies and fellow…

Era of uniform African debt restructuring at an end

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AFRICA

African debt restructuring.

Cameroon’s anglophone crisis threatens to escalate

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CAMEROON

Hosting the CHAN was an attempt by President Paul Biya's government to convince international audiences that it can host the AFCON despite ongoing conflict in the predominantly…

Summits highlight Africa’s growing importance

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AFRICA

Taken together, the rise of these ‘Africa-plus-one’ conferences points to the continent’s growing geopolitical significance, which may only increase as external partners…

Rare-earth diversification may boost African producers

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AFRICA

This growing demand will place African countries in an unusually strong bargaining position in negotiations over access to these commodities.

African elections face contrasting COVID-19 challenges

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AFRICA

There is international precedent for this, after the United Kingdom postponed its local elections. However, although Chad and Ethiopia have delayed their polls, no other…

Tourism shift may aid a balanced recovery in Africa

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AFRICA

However, in many places, this has been mostly driven by rising commodity prices, and has therefore been both uneven and hostage to global markets. Reviving tourism is seen as a…

COVID-19 and repression will fuel new African protests

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AFRICA

This has led to a greater focus on digital strategies and the rise of ‘personal’ or ‘patchwork’ protests in which individuals share images on social media of themselves making…

India will step up economic diplomacy

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INDIA

He has retained S Jaishankar as his foreign minister, in line with a broad trend of preserving continuity within the cabinet. Although his parliamentary majority is reduced and…