Category: Diplomacy
It’s Africa+1 Summit Season in Asia
African ministers and senior policymakers will be zipping across Asia for the next two weeks to attend a series of so-called "Africa+1 events" that began in Japan last weekend and continue in Indonesia early next week and then on to Beijing for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation ...
Prabowo Subianto Set to Win Indonesia Presidency, Relations With China, U.S. Expected to Remain Stable
The clouds still hadn’t left the sky on Wednesday morning in Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta, where millions were preparing to elect their new president and vice president. Parts of the city were flooded due to heavy rains on the previous night, causing some polling stations to ...
Chinese-Funded, Constructed Dams Prioritized in Zimbabwe’s Irrigation and Energy Plan
Zimbabwe is accelerating the construction of 12 large dams to irrigate at least 350,000 hectares by 2025 and generate hydropower while also providing potable water. The acceleration plan is meant to increase land acreage under irrigation with farmers in Zimbabwe expected to ...