África

African leaders are flagging "unjustifiably" high borrowing rates charged by global investors. International organizations such as the IMF and the World Bank are equally complicit in perpetrating the bias, experts say.

Kenya’s health minister says some personal protective equipment imported from China fails quality tests. If African nations start to judge Chinese equipment as inferior, it could damage the mask diplomacy approach, says US professor.

Leaders of China and African countries are set to have an extraordinary summit on solidarity against the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, a move that experts said demonstrates their joint efforts to build a community of common health based on the traditional China-Africa friendship.

As Africa braces itself for a surge of coronavirus infections, both China and the US are claiming to be Africa's greatest supporter, but there is more at stake in this escalating rivalry than simply tackling the virus, writes BBC Africa correspondent Andrew Harding.

15:00 - This is a huge opportunity for American agriculture, as the government can assist domestic farmers while it aids struggling people in Africa.

Los líderes africanos crean un frente común para pedir una cancelación de los pagos y poder hacer frente al coronavirus

The European Union is spending vast sums of money fighting the COVID-19 crisis. But Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships, has told DW it's not true that Africa is being left empty-handed.

International creditors must relieve African countries of debt payments this year to help them deal with the coronavirus pandemic, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a wide-ranging interview with RFI on Wednesday in which he also urged Russia to get behind UN calls for a global ceasefire.

La evolución es similar a la europea y romperá sus frágiles redes hospitalarias.