China has also sought to use FOCAC to counter growing competition in Africa from the United States, the European Union, Japan and others.

Last year, China approved loans worth $4.61 billion to Africa, in the first annual increase since 2016.

China approved loans worth $4.61 billion to Africa last year, the first annual increase since 2016.

Africa needs a concerted approach towards China and all of its so-called strategic partnerships. The AU Commission should negotiate and set the overal...

Africa secured more than $10 billion in loans a year from China between 2012-2018, thanks to President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative,

This will mark the first proposed review since 2016.

While new Chinese investment in Africa increased 114 per cent last year, according to the Griffith Asia Institute at Australia's Griffith University,...