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A 20-year lending spree has made Beijing the mineral-rich continent’s largest source of development finance but the pandemic means default risks are rising.

October 28 was a bad day for Ugandan finance minister Matia Kasaija. Hauled into parliament and grilled over the terms of a $200m Chinese loan for the

NationofChange Ugandan farmers whose land will soon become a crude oil pipeline pathway lose years of livelihood After years of uncertainty, communities are demanding proper compensation from major oil companies who will soon begin construction of a major pipeline through their land. Image Credit: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Isaac Kasamani Three years ago, Alfred Okumu Weki’s land was identified for acquisition by multinational oil companies and the Ugandan government to pave way...