Africa:   China's Gift a Tribute to Relations With Africa

Fahamu, 2 February 2012

Which other friend of Africa would be willing to fund, design, build and maintain a new $200 million AU headquarters in the middle of a global financial crisis? Read more »

Africa:   New AU Headquarters Marks Strong China-Africa Ties

RNW Africa, 27 January 2012

Towering above the Ethiopian capital, cloaked in urban smog, the new Chinese-built African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa is a bold symbol of China's rapidly changing role in… Read more »

Africa:   Other Issues Need Our Wrath Too

Fahamu, 2 February 2012

How genuine is the anger that has been expressed in some quarters about Africa accepting a gift of the new African Union headquarters from China? There are so many other issues of… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   China - Africa's All Weather Partner

The Herald, 3 February 2012

With the handing over of the resplendent US$200 million headquarters to the African Union (AU), China has effectively cemented its mutual partnership with Africa. Read more »

Nigeria:   China's Love of Africa

Vanguard, 1 February 2012

The $200 Million New Headquarters of the African Union a gift from China - is another confirmation of the continent's inability to get things done by itself. Almost 50 years after… Read more »

Africa:   Relations Between China, Continent Fruitful

The Star, 1 February 2012

Over recent years, Africa has played an increasingly important role in international and regional affairs. Read more »

Tanzania:   China Committed to Stronger Ties With Africa

Daily News, 30 January 2012

CHINA has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthen its cooperation with Africa, stressing that ties will focus on respect for human rights and mutual benefit, a top Chinese official… Read more »

Zambia:   Critiquing the Critique On China in Zambia

Fahamu, 2 February 2012

In December, Pambazuka News carried an article that critiqued a Human Rights Watch report that had exposed labour abuses in Chinese state-owned copper mines in Zambia. Here, Human… Read more »

Zambia:   The Wrong Answers to the Wrong Question

Fahamu, 2 February 2012

In responding to a critique of their Human Rights Watch report, the authors make basic mistakes by ignoring key structural conditions, keeping alive racist myths about Chinese… Read more »

Africa:   Beggar's Banquet - the New AU Headquarters

Daily Maverick, 30 January 2012

It's not every day that one gets to inaugurate a building with some of the most murderous mofos in the not-so-free world. Welcome, then, to the new African Union headquarters, a… Read more »

Africa:   The AU Summit - a Rare Ring of Truth

Daily Maverick, 29 January 2012

Since the Organisation of African Unity was formed in 1963, most of the gatherings of our pan-African institution-now known as the African Union-have been characterised by empty… Read more »

Africa:   African Union Must Be More Independent, Ping Says During Summit Opening

RFI, 29 January 2012

The year 2011 was a year of trials and tribulations marked by many political and humanitarian crises, said African Union Chairman Jean Ping as he opened the African Union… Read more »

Africa:   18th AU Summit Opens in Addis

Daily Observer, 30 January 2012

The 18th summit of the African Union (AU) Commission kicked off on Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the presence of more than 40 African heads of state and government. This is… Read more »