Editor's Note: The 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit will be held in Beijing from September 4 to 6. The theme of this year's summit is "Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future." In light of this, we are launching...More

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday started holding bilateral events with foreign leaders who will attend the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), set to run from Wednesday to Friday in Beijing. On Monday alone, President Xi had bilateral meetings with leaders from African countries...More

The joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by China and Africa has provided a high-level cooperation platform for Africa's development. From Uganda and Egypt to Senegal and Nigeria, infrastructure, industrial parks and economic zones built by Chinese companies have mushroomed and become a strong engine...More

As the US grapples with a series of crises in the Middle East and Eurasia, its Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Africa. He is expected to visit Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Angola, in an attempt to prove "the US is a key partner...More

Chinese President Xi Jinping announced new major measures on cooperation with Africa on Monday, charting a course for strengthened economic ties between China and the African continent, while also giving a timely, comprehensive response to the continent's most urgent needs in fighting the pandemic and reviving the economy....More

Following a tradition of China's foreign ministers making Africa their first visit of the new year, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi kicked off his official visit to five African countries - Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Botswana and Seychelles - on Monday, showcasing...More

A China-assisted makeshift hospital, the largest of its kind in Nigeria, was handed over to the Nigerian government on Tuesday, shoring up the western African nation's defenses against the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospital, the first makeshift facility in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, is a renovation of...More

Beijing. Alibaba's billionaire co-founder Jack Ma Yun had a busy day over the weekend in Africa - attending a digital economy summit in Nigeria, participating in an entrepreneurs' dialogue in Togo and being a judge for an African business heroes show in Ghana. Ma has turned his attention...More