EDITORIAL: East-West, but is home best?
Welcome to this “Looking East” edition of Africa in Fact on Africa-Asia relations. Last year,...
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Category: AIF Issue 41
Asia’s AGOA fronting
Chinese and Taiwanese textile and apparel factory owners have exploited an AGOA loophole, creating...
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Ghost cities: Africa’s moving in
While new metropoles sprouting across China remain empty, those they’ve built in Angola are...
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Rejuvenating Asian-African Solidarity in the 21st Century
The Cold War and colonialism promoted Africa-Asia solidarity in the 1950s, but a new world order...
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Looking back, to the future
As far as Sino-African researchers are concerned, Africa’s relationship with China is ancient...
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Cities that serve people by seeking profit
Asia’s thriving metropolises could provide the blueprints for Africa’s rapidly growing cities, and...
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Building on local skills
Chinese companies have long being accused of exploiting African labour and excluding locals from...
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Mining money
While other countries’ attitudes towards Africa waver, China is seizing the opportunity to snap...
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Backing a rogue state
Liberation struggle ties bind Africa to North Korea, and despite UN sanctions, the nation enjoys a...
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Modi courts Africa’s markets
East and Southern Africa’s sizeable Indian diaspora won’t necessarily cement the country’s ties...
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Gung-ho diggers quitting Africa in droves
The big players in Australia’s mining sector have grown wary of Africa’s regulatory requirements,...
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