How African countries look seek to rebalance ties with China toward debt sustainability and value addition
National governments have taken additional steps. Countries such as Kenya, Ghana and Ethiopia have established inter-ministerial taskforces dedicated to overseeing Chinese-financed infrastructure projects. These bodies track project progress, enforce contract terms and evaluate socioeconomic impacts. Their effectiveness, however, varies widely.
Why Beijing’s support to junta-led regimes in West Africa is source of tensions in China-Africa security relations
In September 2025, officials from 40 African countries attended the Global Public Security Cooperation Forum (Lianyungang Forum), where GSI-linked public security cooperation featured prominently. China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS), the lead GSI implementing agency, convened the event.
China’s military footprint in Africa deepens with People’s Liberation Army-led BRICS naval drills
The exercise appears to be an attempt to normalise military cooperation within BRICS Plus without formally declaring a military alliance. Although BRICS – a loose coalition of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – was originally conceived of as an economic bloc, it has increasingly undertaken geopolitical engagements.
China extradites economic crime suspect from South Africa linked to illegal currency business
The Ministry of Public Security said the successful extradition underscored the two countries’ resolve to combat crimes
Masters of seas and oceans: China’s shipbuilding industry maintains global lead in 2025
The country’s shipbuilding output reached 53.69 million deadweight tonnes (DWT) in 2025, up 11.4 per cent year-on-year and accounting for 56.1 per cent of the global total.
Tanzanian youth embrace Chinese culinary art as country prepares to co-host African Cup of Nations
Furthermore, Tanzania is preparing for a major influx of international visitors as it gears up to co-host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Trade and diplomacy: US President Trump risk isolation as Europe looks to lean towards China
The meeting took place against the backdrop US President Donald Trump’s aggressive territorial expansionist campaign to annex Greenland.
Kenya turns to Chinese investors to prop its fast growing film industry, ranked third Africa after South Africa and Nigeria
The Kalasha International Film and TV Market, Festival and Awards is Kenya’s premier film industry event, organised by the Kenya Film Commission to celebrate excellence, showcase local content, connect industry stakeholders, and promote Kenya as a regional film hub.
Rebound of Chinese ‘sweet economy’ projected to spur population sprint after years of enforced low fertilities
Yuan Xin, vice president of the China Population Association, predicted that the rebound in marriages is likely to boost the fertility rate, potentially leading to a new wave of births in 2026. However, he also noted that fluctuations in birth rates are common during periods of broader demographic decline, both in China and worldwide.
Through much of his first term, conspiracy theorists wondered and tweeted that US President Trump must be a Russian agent
It’s the international friendships where one can most clearly see the costs mounting in real time. Just look at the statements coming from that mountain redoubt of global capitalism at Davos: Canadian prime minister Mark Carney – the leader of our closest ally and largest trading partner, whose military is now modelling doing battle with the US across what has long been the world’s longest unguarded border – got a standing ovation for a speech in which he proclaimed, “Let me be clear: We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.”
