At least seven China-backed ports have design features that make them able to berth naval facilities, even though they wasn't ...

Nigeria is on course to see huge investments in its ports sector from Dangote Group and Dubai-based logistics giant DP World, ...

China is also focusing on ports to control all aspects of trade ... is discredited in the eyes of many Africans. In West and Central Africa, Paris has focused on controlling the financial systems ...

with desperate locals selling to Chinese middlemen. READ MORE Indian film ‘The Goat Life’ courts controversy across the Arab world Emmanuel Sarr, the West Africa regional director of the international ...

West Africa has become the primary hub for Chinese-backed port developments, hosting 35 projects—more than any other region. In comparison, East Africa has 17 projects, Southern Africa 15 ...

Shipping to West Africa carries significant commercial risks, with the freight segment of the bagged rice business facing ...

New satellite imagery, supplied exclusively to Newsweek, offers a first glimpse of a large Chinese sea rig that has raised alarm bells in South Korea.

Chinese port activity slumped in early April ... reported an 18.0% week-over-week slide in freight rates to the U.S. west coast and a 10.8% decline in the cost of shipping to the east coast ...

As the trade war between the US and China escalates, Beijing has suspended the export of several critical rare earth elements, metals and magnets, threatening to choke off supplies to the West of ...

To cope with the growing demand, several ports in West Africa are planning – or have recently undergone – improvements to their infrastructure. The island of Sao Vicente in Cape Verde ...