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Spotlight | Africa
Covid 19: After Africans harassed in Guangdong, China works hard to mend fences

Dai Bing, the Africa director of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing. © fmprc.gov.cn

Ministry of foreign affairs pulled out all the stops to quell diplomatic tensions with African states. Here's how it did it. [...]

Published on 19/05/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Spotlight | Africa
Covid 19: After Africans harassed in Guangdong, China works hard to mend fences

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Abiy tries to charm Europe's top pharma groups

Mali, Senegal
World Bank tries to lay the groundwork for Dakar-Bamako railway

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