The long-term viability of China-Africa ties relies on the continent gaining more value from its resources, analysts say.

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned that Africa’s resources should not be used as a tool for geopolitical rivalry, as the United States steps up efforts to secure critical minerals on a continent where Chinese companies have major mining interests. “Africa’s resources belong to Africa,” Xi told Botswana’s President Duma Boko in Beijing on Tuesday, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. He said it was a “historical injustice” that an unfair international division of labour had left the…

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  • Typotyper@sh.itjust.works
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    2 hours ago

    The irony of Hus statements compared to the Chinese practice of importing Chinese labour and locking out the local labour pool.