Executive Summary Due to their wealth of critical natural resources (primarily rare earth minerals), rapidly growing populations (labor and consumer markets) and strategic geographic location, many Francophone and Lusophone countries in Africa occupy strategic roles for China and its large businesses operating in, among others, the electronics and high-tech industries. Given Beijing’s ambitious plans in strengthening its most innovation-pinned industries which …
On June 3, Jamestown Senior Fellow Sergey Sukhankin was quoted by Canadian outlet CBC regarding Wagner’s activites in Africa and Prigozhin’s possile aims on the continent. “Russia is using criminals, mercenaries [and] war criminals in sovereign countries in Africa, in Ukraine and other countries.” “Sukhankin said there are limits on Wagner’s reach on the continent; it has not found footing …
Executive Summary China`s strategic interests in Sub-Saharan Africa are diverse and, while still being primarily guided by the need to maintain access to locally extracted raw materials, now go beyond this goal. In fact, growing investments in infrastructure, manufacturing and green energy are likely to see greater involvement from Chinese state-owned enterprises in Africa. This will undoubtedly demand a greater …
On March 19, gunmen stormed a gold mine near Bambari, in the heart of the Central African Republic (CAR), killing nine Chinese workers. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) Embassy in the CAR issued successive warnings for Chinese nationals to evacuate all areas outside of Bangui, the capital. After the attack, the Embassy called on Chinese citizens in the CAR’s …