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China using its new Global Security Initiative to build military standing in Africa
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoChina is promoting its new Global Security Initiative as a way to boost ties with African nations...
Do China's Africa ambitions include a second military base?
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoA second military base in Africa would align with Beijing's global power ambitions but observers are divided on whether China is actively planning such a move. The US remains unconvinced by ...
Despite rising tensions, US and Chinese troops worked together to put out a garbage dump fire, a top...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe US base at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti in January 2017.Felix Wong/South China Morning Post via...
U.S.-China Tensions Have a New Front: A Naval Base in Africa
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoWORLD NEWS In August, Ali Bongo, then-president of the Central African nation of Gabon, made a...
As China-Horn of Africa Peace Conference ends, Beijing's envoy offers to play regional security role
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoAs China seeks to play a bigger role in promoting peace and security in the Horn of Africa, it faces...
China's Horn of Africa envoy tells regional peace conference he is ready to mediate disputes
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoBeijing's special envoy to the Horn of Africa has offered to mediate disputes in the region, where...
China's latest provocations is a spy base in Cuba. Here's why that concerns experts.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWASHINGTON—China has secretly persuaded cash-strapped Cuba to allow it to build an electronic...
Get To Know: 11 Interesting Facts About Djibouti
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere is so much to love and learn about Africa and to help you along, we focused on 11 interesting facts about Djibouti. Surrounded by Somalia, Ethiopia...
China puts its military to the test in African peacekeeping roles
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoUN peacekeeping missions in Africa have become a testing ground for China's "far seas operations" as...
With a new carrier and rumors of more bases, a vision of China's global presence is getting clearer
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoChina's third aircraft carrier, Fujian, is launched at a ceremony in Shanghai, June 17, 2022.Li...