Africa: China’s New Tariff-Free Regime for Africa – the Potential Upside and Draw back

Africa: China’s New Tariff-Free Regime for Africa – the Potential Upside and Draw back

China’s President Xi Jinping introduced in February 2026 that from 1 Might China can be granting zero-tariff remedy to 53 African international locations. (That’s all of them bar Eswatini, which helps Taiwan.) China-Africa commerce reached US$348 billion in 2025, up 17.7% from 2024. Chinese language exports to Africa dominate commerce flows, and amounted to US$225…

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Africa: China’s New Tariff-Free Regime for Africa – the Potential Upside and Draw back

West Africa: China’s Commerce Bureau Set to Associate West Africa IMT Summit

The Commerce Improvement Bureau of China’s Ministry of Commerce (TDB) has been confirmed as a Strategic Nation Associate (China) for the West Africa Industrialisation, Manufacturing and Commerce (West Africa IMT) Summit and Exhibition 2026. This, in line with organisers, reinforces a rising shift in Nigeria-China financial relations from increasing commerce volumes to anchoring industrial manufacturing…

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Inside an enormous U.S. army train in Africa to counter terrorism and Russia and China’s rising affect

Inside an enormous U.S. army train in Africa to counter terrorism and Russia and China’s rising affect

Tamale, Ghana — On a dusty airport tarmac within the northern Ghanaian metropolis of Tamale, army particular operatives from throughout Africa transfer stealthily. Pictures ring out as they converge on the airport and apprehend armed militants holding it hostage.  It isn’t an actual assault, however simply one of many workout routines of “Flintlock,” the U.S. army’s…

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