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24 July, 2024
Smart cars, one of the themes at last year’s inaugural China International Supply Chain Expo, will again be in the spotlight at next month’s event. Photo: Xinhua
China trade

China supply-chain focus shifts to ‘least-developed countries’ for expo

Second edition of China International Supply Chain Expo will see more help given to institutions and companies from the African Union, as geopolitics weigh on trade.

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Africa

What to expect at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

Africa

Uganda anti-corruption protests are ‘playing with fire,’ warns President Museveni

United States

Letters | From US elections to nursery interviews, is the gift of gab overrated?

Readers discuss the value attached to presentation and charisma, why election debates signify little, and the art of global expansion.

Demonstrators hold up signs outside a fundraiser for US President Joe Biden in East Hampton, New York, on June 29, amid worries about his debate performance against Donald Trump. Photo: Bloomberg
G7

Explainer | What’s on the agenda at the 2024 G7 summit in Italy?

Italy hosts the annual summit of leaders from the Group of Seven major democracies on June 13-15. Here are key details about the event.

South Korea

Seoul, Africa agree to ‘set an example’ on supply chains, mineral ties

South Korea said it would increase development aid for Africa to US$10 billion over the next six years as it looks to tap the continent’s rich mineral resources and potential as a vast export market.

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Africa

DR Congo thwarts ‘coup attempt’ involving several foreigners

Coup bid in Kinshasa was led by self-exiled politician Christian Malanga, who was killed by security forces, a military spokesman said.

Men in military fatigues inside the Palace of the Nation during an attempted coup in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: Christian Malanga via Reuters
China-Africa relations

Africa eyes more Chinese development finance as FOCAC agenda is negotiated

Ahead of the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, diplomats have begun discussing what to put on the agenda.

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Technology

The View | South-south cooperation can ensure better digital future for millions

Cooperation among the Global South has enabled developing economies to help each other through knowledge and technology transfers. Using this approach to address the digital infrastructure gap and build a highly skilled workforce can keep emerging countries from falling further behind.

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Japan

With eye on China, Japan launches whistle-stop diplomatic tour of Global South

Madagascar, Ivory Coast and Nigeria were first on the itinerary for Tokyo’s top diplomat this week, as she also sought to push Japan’s Indo-Pacific strategy in Sri Lanka and Nepal.

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Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa shakes hands with Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara at his residence in Abidjan on Monday. Photo: AFP
Africa

Military helicopter crash kills Kenya’s defence chief

Kenya’s defence chief and nine other top brass died on Thursday in a military helicopter crash in a remote area of the country, President William Ruto said.

General Francis Ogolla, who was among 10 people killed in helicopter crash. File photo: AP
Africa

Rwanda commemorates 30 years since genocide

A week of national mourning has begun as the nation remembers the victims shot, beaten or hacked to death by Hutu extremists, fuelled by anti-Tutsi propaganda broadcasts.

China-Africa relations

Kenya becomes latest country to consider curbs on TikTok over data security fears

The government is concerned about how the platform owned by Chinese firm ByteDance is complying with Kenya’s data protection and privacy laws and may ban public officials from using it.

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Africa

Senegal anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye wins presidency

Faye’s main opponent from the governing coalition, Amadou Ba, conceded the race and called Faye to offer his congratulations. Official results are expected before the end of the week.

Supporters of Bassirou Diomaye Faye during the presidential election in Dakar, Senegal on Sunday. Photo: Bloomberg
China-Africa relations

China is ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with Africa, supports its development path: Wang

Models imposed from outside have brought neither ‘stability nor prosperity’ to African countries, foreign minister tells ‘two sessions’ press conference.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks to journalists at a press conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress meeting in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
Israel-Gaza war

Explainer | Israel-Gaza war: what we know about aid convoy deaths

‘We have seen people with gunshot wounds. We have seen amputees, and we have seen children as young as 12 that were injured,’ said a UN spokesman, amid competing claims over how dozens of hungry people died.

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China-Africa relations

Sierra Leone leader’s visit to China shines light on Xi’s challenge to West

As the Chinese leader met President Bio in Beijing, the pair pledged to ‘safeguard’ African interests on the global stage.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | Africa has banned the donkey skin trade, now China must do its part

The trade in donkey skins has decimated the animal’s population, adversely affecting poor African families and thus harming China’s reputation. Beijing can support the African Union’s ban on the trade by cracking down on products that use donkey skin and looking into manufacturers’ scientific and cultural claims.

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Children carry jerrycans of water back home using a donkey cart after filling them at one of the water points within the a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, in Jubaland state, Somalia, on January 30. Donkeys are used as a means of transport in many African countries. Photo: EPA-EFE
G20

Brazil calls for reform of UN as it starts its G20 presidency

Brazil’s foreign minister called for reforms of the United Nations and other multilateral institutions while criticising their inability to prevent global conflicts.

China-Africa relations

African donkey trade ban to slash China’s supply of traditional medicine ejiao

Chinese demand for the hides accounts for the slaughter of more than 5 million animals each year, many from Africa.

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Israel-Gaza war

Brazil-Israel row escalates after Lula’s Holocaust remarks

Brazil recalls its ambassador and Israel declares President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ‘persona non grata’ for his comparison of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza to the Holocaust.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. File photo: AFP
Russia

Alexei Navalny’s widow to meet EU ministers as Russia jails mourners

Alexei Navalny’s unexpected death at the age of 47 at an Arctic penal colony has generated international outrage.

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Yulia Navalnaya, wife of Alexei Navalny, at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday, the day Navalny’s death was announced. Photo: AFP
Israel-Gaza war

Israel incensed after Brazil’s Lula likens Gaza war to Holocaust

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Brazilian president’s comments trivialised the Holocaust and ‘crossed a red line’.

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Israel

UN court to start hearing on Israeli occupation of lands claimed by Palestinians

The International Court of Justice will focus on Israel’s open-ended occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem

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China trade

China investors eye Africa’s Mauritius as it goes green, tries to sweeten deals

Located near Madagascar, Mauritius could capitalise on its position as a gateway for China to enter the African market, and the tiny island hopes Chinese take an interest in its sugar-based rum.

Solar-panel makers and other entrepreneurs in China’s renewable-energy sector have approached the tiny island nation of Mauritius about helping with its green transition. Photo: AFP
Belt and Road Initiative

The View | As China’s economy slows, Africa stands at a critical juncture

With Chinese lending to Africa shrinking, the continent must find ways to support its own development. It could do so by increasing internal trade, diversifying tradeable goods away from commodities and developing its relationship with the US.

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An exhibitor introduces skincare products made in Africa during the second China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in Changsha, the capital of central China’s Hunan province, on September 27, 2021. Photo: Xinhua
Africa

Somali extremists kill 1, capture 5 from UN helicopter after emergency landing

There were 6 foreigners and 1 Somali national on board; 1 person went missing during the attack by fighters from al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda affiliate.

China-Africa relations

Chinese medicine ejiao faces supply blow as Africa, Brazil to end donkey trade

China’s insatiable appetite for ejiao made from donkey collagen requires the supply of over 5 million of the animals each year.

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