-
Africa: China's Approach to Africa Encourages Dependency - Tillerson
VOA, 7 March 2018
Hours before embarking on a his first official visit to Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the United States is committed to building on a "strong foundation of… Read more »
-
Africa: China Hits Back at U.S. Criticism of Low-Interest Loans
Focac, 7 March 2018
China hopes that other countries will do more good for Africa's development and treat China-Africa cooperation in a fair and objective manner, a Chinese Foreign Ministry… Read more »
-
Nigeria: China Replies U.S. On Nigeria, Other African Countries Debts
Premium Times, 6 March 2018
China hopes that other countries will do more good for Africa's development and treat China-Africa cooperation in a fair and objective manner, a Chinese Foreign Ministry… Read more »
-
Africa: U.S. Secretary of State Spells Out Priorities for Africa Visit
State Department, 6 March 2018
The text of an address by United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, at George Mason University, Virginia, ahead of his visit to Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Chad and Djibouti.… Read more »
-
Africa: China Slaps Down U.S. Claim That It's Pushing Africa Into Debt
Daily Maverick, 7 March 2018
In response to US acting assistant Secretary of State for Africa Donald Yamamoto's assertion that China is pushing African countries into unrepayable debt, China counters that it… Read more »
China the Crutch That Africa Leans On Too Much?
"Chinese investment does have the potential to address Africa's infrastructure gap, but its approach has led to mounting debt and few, if any, jobs in most countries," U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said during his first visit to the continent.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is on his first official visit to several African countries.
InFocus
-
Africa's old friends - the West - and its new one - China - do not care for the fate of African democracy, writes Wachira Maina for the Daily Nation. Read more »
-
Treasury data shows that Chinese loans have been growing since December 2015, when it advanced the government over U.S.$2 million. Other major lenders are Japan, France, ... Read more »
-
In China, criticism of the CCTV African skit on social media has been censored. This is not surprising, given that, every year, Chinese censors work hard to erase negative comments ... Read more »
-
As the American Secretary of State Rex Tillerson prepared to leave for a five-nation trip to East Africa, the Sahel and Nigeria, he outlined the current administration's concerns ... Read more »
-
Tillerson would be covering the same issues that have motivated similar African tours by every U.S. Secretary of State since the end of the Cold War. Realistically, Tillerson's ... Read more »
