... Africa increased by 53 percent” (Siemon T. Wezeman, 2014). For the purpose of maritime security, the acquisition of maritime assets will be taken priority by the most sub-Saharan African states. The sophisticated weapon systems made by Russia and China have been exported to African states, especial Sub-Saharan states. In December, 2013, it is reported that Russia’s state arms export monopoly said that it would deliver 12 Su-30K fighter jets to a nation in southern Africa. Contrary to the past, Chinese defense groups ...
... basically been designed to overcome the donor-recipient paradigm and the challenges the EU has faced in connection with Chinese and Indian inroads into Africa. The signing of the
Joint Africa-EU Strategy
in 2007 was far from accidental, since in 2006, the China-Africa summit took place with the participation of 48 African heads of state and governments. Soon after in April 2008, the first India-Africa summit was held.
The underlying choice between the Chinese and European models of cooperation, which Africa ...
... production of uranium comes from mines located in Kazakhstan, Canada and Australia.
Even with French president Francoise Hollande sitting at 18 percent popularity in the polls France has conducted interventions in its former colonies; the Central African Republic, Mali and Niger all of which contain uranium deposits.
China has become the new player in the club and its presence is being felt along Africa’s Uranium Road, the meridian that stretches from the Western Sahara to Sudan, where most of Africa’s major uranium producers are located. Sudan has been ...
... their interests, and at the same time – as a counterweight to Western influence. Beijing’s position on the world stage, which largely coincides with the positions of African countries, encourages these countries to see it as an ally.
The China-Africa forum as a factor of influence
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Meeting of the presidents of PRC and RSA
The China-Africa forum founded in 2000 is in the China’s soft power arsenal in Africa. The forum meetings are held in the format of ministerial conferences,...
... an observer) with the key regional integration groups. Special reference should be made of the establishment of the BRIC group (first decade of the 21st century) comprising the so-called giant countries on the rise – Brazil, Russia, India and China, later joined by South Africa.
At the beginning of this century China, which had always been renowned for its proper behavior in foreign markets, in contrast to the leading Western states was trying to pursue a very reserved policy in Latin America. The Celestial Empire envoys ...
