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Debunking the Myths of the Lobito Corridor

24 de November de 2025If hypocrisy needed a railway, it would look exactly like the Lobito Corridor. It is being hailed as a symbol of African progress. In truth, it is a mirror of everything negative ...
The Luanda Outlets Commercial City, constructed by China Railway 20 Bureau Group, was inaugurated at a ceremony attended by Angolan officials, including Milton Reis, economic adviser to the Angolan ...
After years of Chinese dominance, the US is once again the largest investor in Africa. But statistics alone do not tell the whole story: Africa's raw materials have long been of geopolitical ...
In November, Russia lost its position as the largest supplier of oil to China, overtaken by Saudi Arabia, Oman and Angola. — ...
Angola’s Lobito Corridor is seen as a Western counterweight to China’s influence in the regionImage: Guilherme Correia da Silva/DW On November 24-25, some 47 heads of state and government are due to ...
Tears poured in as Alhaji Uthman AbdulAzeez, a former Nigerian ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, passed away ...
China has gained a dominant position in Africa's critical minerals sector through long-term investments in mining and refining capacity--factors that make it challenging for African countries to ...
LUANDA, Angola—Angola’s government is preparing to announce the winning bidder to manage and operate the capital’s newly ...
European and African leaders are holding negotiations in Angola on raw materials, security and the Global Gateway initiative. How can the EU compete with China on the continent?
A retired top intelligence officer at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Nigeria’s former ambassador to China, ...
Yet infrastructure is a concern for the US. This is because Beijing has often built critical infrastructure while targeting mineral-rich parts of Africa ...