Without South African Chrome, There Can Be No Chinese Stainless Steel

Coming off the N4 motorway near the small town of Marikana in South Africa’s platinum landscape, one almost immediately encounters the huge Tharisa Minerals mining operation. This gigantic open cast mine was started in 2009 for the production of chromium concentrate and platinum group metals (PGM) and ...

Maasai Exploration: Ethnic Unity and Endangered Language Preservation

...the world develops. Maasai, however, have learned to think critically about urban life and economic development: because of this, they have been able to reach an equilibrium between prosperous development...

Coronavirus May Cost Some African Leaders Re-election

...have not been so successful at that. In so doing, the world wondered how Africa would cope, given its frail health infrastructure. More than three months after the epidemic, Africa,...

China's Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centers: Do They Help Africa's Food Security Needs?

As COVID-19 spreads across the African continent, an African Union report has suggested that the outbreak could lead to a serious food security crisis in Africa, with as estimated 2.6% to 7% decline in agricultural production predicted for 2020. The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has ...

KTN's Mike Gitonga: "The SGR Has Had Scandals Right From the Word Go"

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Russian and Chinese Propaganda Efforts in Africa

Combatting fake news, misinformation and outright propaganda is one of the foremost challenges confronting policymakers in Africa and elsewhere around the world. Some of that misleading information is distributed organically while other memes are intentionally deployed by governments to influence local ...

Taiwan's Flag Now Flying Again in Africa

Taiwan opened its newest mission in Africa today at a ceremony in Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared state of Somaliland. Although the new representative office is not quite the same as formal diplomatic recognition, it's certainly close and marks the rare win for President Tsai ...