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May 28, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
China in Africa: March 2025

Despite Chinese investment in African green energy and infrastructure projects, comprehensive diplomatic engagements, and joint innovation ventures, tensions between countries grew in certain corners…

People fetch water outside a cobalt and copper mine run by Sicomines in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 30, 2015.

May 28, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
China in Africa: April 2025

A Kenyan delegation traveled to Beijing in late April, resulting in comprehensive economic dealmaking. On the continent, April saw multisectoral Chinese investment in Algeria and Nigeria, the formati…

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kenyan President William Ruto attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People on April 24, 2025, in Beijing.

May 22, 2025

South Africa
Trump’s Confrontation of South Africa’s President Derails Effort to Cool Tensions

Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies and former ambassador Michelle Gavin breaks down the tense U.S.-South Africa meeting at the White House. 

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up papers and shows alleged news reports as he sits next to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House.

April 1, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
China in Africa: February 2025

Diplomacy was at the forefront of China-Africa relations in February, with China continuing to showcase its commitment to African countries amid far-reaching policy changes from the United States.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa officially opens the meeting of the G20 foreign ministers at the NASREC conference center in Johannesburg, South Africa, on February 20, 2025.

April 4, 2025

RealEcon
Why Sub-Saharan Africa Matters for U.S. Economic and National Security

Building relationships with the region, rather than transactional neocolonialism, is the best route for strengthening the United States’ critical mineral supply chains.

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Angolan President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco

February 13, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
China in Africa: December 2024

China continued to strike economic deals with African countries, particularly in infrastructure, sustainable development, and mining.

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a joint briefing as Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty looks on at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China on December 13, 2024. GREG BAKER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

February 13, 2025

China Strategy Initiative
China in Africa: January 2025

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi continued the tradition of visiting the continent at the beginning of each year.

Chad’s Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah meets with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in N’Djamena, Chad on January 8, 2025. JORIS BOLOMEY/AFP via Getty Images

November 26, 2024

China Strategy Initiative
China in Africa: November 2024

Apart from a few noteworthy deviations, November saw routine Chinese investments in infrastructure and green energy across Africa, in addition to strong Sino-African cultural exchanges. Africans made…

The state flags of Uruguay, the United States, Tanzania, and the United Kingdom fly near the venue of the UN climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 16, 2024. Janis Laizans/REUTERS

June 11, 2025

Daily News Brief
China and the United States Reach Trade Plan

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day.  Subscribe to the Daily News Brief to receive it every weekday morning. …

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese vice premier He Lifeng pose for a photo with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, and China's International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of Commerce Li Chenggang, in London, Britain June 9, 2025.

October 31, 2024

China
China in Africa: October 2024

Chinese diplomatic developments abounded across the African continent throughout October, including the implementation of new China-Africa partnerships in the wake of last month’s Forum on China-Afri…

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other participants in the outreach/BRICS Plus format meeting attend a family photo during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 24, 2024. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/Pool via REUTERS