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A group of small scale miners try to start up an old metal mine in Uis, Namibia on February 13, 2008. Photo: AFP
China

My Take | EU, US losing battles for Africa and Latin America to China

Developing countries showing they prefer investment and infrastructure development over the West’s moralising hypocrisy and badmouthing.

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Nigeria

Nigeria turns to compressed natural gas, petrol subsidies removed

US-China relations

Opinion | To respond to a Trump trade war 2.0, China has a few tools at its disposal

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Music

Singer joins Ed Sheeran in criticising ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’

Band Aid hit due for anniversary remix ‘dehumanises Africans’, British-Ghanaian Fuse ODG says. He wants artists to speak up about the song.

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Shoppers look at the Band Aid 20 music single “Do They Know It’s Christmas” in a London music store in 2004. Photo: AFP
China-Africa relations

Do the Communist Party’s ties in Africa pay economic dividends for China?

China’s Communist Party maintains relations with more than 100 political parties across the continent.

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Climate change

UN chief urges G20 ‘leadership’ on stalled climate talks

Antonio Guterres said the spotlight was on G20 countries, which account for 80 per cent of global emissions.

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Senegal

Senegal heads to polls as new leaders eye parliamentary mandate

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is seeking a majority to see through the promise of ambitious reform that elected him eight months ago.

Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye attends a press conference in Dakar, Senegal, on August 29. Photo: AP
Gabon

Gabon’s ruling junta praises constitutional referendum as a ‘turning point’

The vote follows a military coup that overthrew the Bongo family, which ruled the central African nation from 1967 to 2023.

China-Africa relations

Why Chinese investors are also waiting for Sudan’s civil war to end

Prolonged fighting in Sudan is keeping Chinese companies out but plans are in place to go back in once the violence ends.

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South Africa

Foreign grocers face xenophobia after South Africa food poisoning deaths

While there was no sign of a deliberate campaign to poison children, vigilantes have targeted Ethiopian and South Asian shopkeepers.

A worker speaks with a customer at a spaza shop in Soweto, South Africa, on November 12. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong society

The Nigerian Instagram blogger sharing bits of his life, culture in Cantonese

From cooking Nigerian food to bringing his girlfriend around Lagos, Adekunbi Hassan Salako has more than 100,000 followers on Instagram.

“This is for those who think Africa has nothing,” Adekunbi Hassan Salako starts all of his short videos in the same format, speaking in Cantonese, in a bid to appeal to Hongkongers. Photo: Instagram/ kunbifusion
US-China relations

Will it be deal or no deal in the Trump era of US-China relations?

Participants in the US-China Hong Kong Forum see potential and potholes in what could be a rocky road over the new few years.

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SCMP Highlights

Recap | Zhuhai car attack, Trump taps billionaires for China diplomacy and more top stories

These are some of our most-read stories over the past 24 hours. Find out what people have been reading.

Art

Legacy of slavery runs through African art biennale in Senegal

Artists from the US and across Africa interpret Dakar exhibition’s theme, tied to slavery’s past and future repercussions, in various ways.

Visitors to the 15th Biennale of Contemporary African Art in Dakar, Senegal, view part of an installation called A Palace in Pieces including Mountain Mama by Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu. The exhibition’s theme is “The Wake”. Photo: EPA-EFE
Vladimir Putin

Putin promises Africa ‘total support’ in anti-West pitch

Facing isolation from the west over its invasion of Ukraine, Russia sought to woo African countries at a Black Sea resort this weekend.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (centre) attends the ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa partnership forum at Sirius University in Sochi on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Food and Drinks

Coffee researcher spills the beans on new varieties being bred

World Coffee Research head Jennifer Long’s goal is to diversify coffee production to benefit farmers and drinkers. New beans are on the way.

Mauritius votes in close-fought election race

A wiretapping scandal has marred the run-up to the polls in a country considered one of the most stable and prosperous in Africa.

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Food and Drinks

Prized white honey producer starts from scratch after war in Ethiopia

Tigray in Ethiopia is famous for its creamy white honey, but civil war destroyed half its beehives. Its beekeepers are still recovering.

Beekeeper Amanuel Hiluf checks his beehives in Hawidela, Ethiopia. His hives produce white honey, highly prized, but he had to start from scratch after a civil war wrecked his livelihood. Photo: AFP
US presidential election 2024

Global South faces trickier US-China balancing act after Trump victory

The pledge to put 60 per cent tariffs on Chinese exports will have a major impact on economic decision-making across different continents.

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Britain

Britain’s Prince William updates wife Kate’s health after chemotherapy

Prince William said Kate’s doing “really well” post-chemotherapy, emphasising her strength while in South Africa for an Earthshot Prize ceremony.

US presidential election 2024

In Africa, US soft power through films and aid brings huge election interest

For Africans, status of aid, duty-free access to the US market, HIV/Aids relief and entry visas depends on who is elected to White House.

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Citizens in African nations are watching the US election to see how issues such as reproductive rights, medical and food aid and immigration rules are affected. Photo: AP
United States

US writes off over US$1 billion of Somalia debt

The announcement is the result of a deal between the two countries signed by Somalia’s finance minister and the US ambassador to Mogadishu.

Somalia is one of the poorest countries on the planet, enduring decades of civil war, a bloody insurgency by the al-Qaeda linked jihadist group al-Shabaab, and frequent climate disasters. Photo: AP
China-Africa relations

As Chinese official visits, Kenya says deal to fund and build highway is close

Kenyan President Ruto says talks are at a late stage for China to finance and build highway through Rift Valley and possible SGR extension.

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China trade

All eyes on agro-diplomacy as China’s food-security needs open new import doors

Upcoming China International Import Expo will highlight need to strike a balance with trading partners as appetite of world’s biggest food consumer hits record highs.

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China-Africa relations

China begins work on Kenyan geothermal power plant amid renewable energy push

A new Chinese-built geothermal power plant in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley highlights Beijing’s focus on clean energy in Africa.

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The groundbreaking ceremony for the new 35-MW Orpower 22 geothermal power plant in Kenya. Photo: Xinhua

Botswana president concedes election defeat, ending ruling party’s 58 years in power

Shock election drubbing ends Botswana Democratic Party’s grip on power in the diamond-rich southern African nation.

Supporters of the main opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change cheer at a counting centre in Gaborone, Botswana. Photo: AFP
War and conflict

Sudan sees sexual violence on ‘staggering’ scale amid civil war: UN

Children are not spared the abuse, while women and girls are being abducted for sexual slavery.

Diplomacy

Opinion | Brics is not anti-West, it just wants a fairer world order

In championing economic inclusivity and strategic autonomy, pioneering financial innovation and promoting peace, Brics is a force for good.

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27 August, 2024
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