Thursday, April 05, 2007

Host: Anna Maria Tremonti

Listen to The Current: China/US in Africa

There is some prospecting going on in Africa of late... economic and political exploration by two Super Powers. The United States and China are each independently sussing out their interests there. Some call it an attempt to stabilize the Continent while others say it's simply a scramble for oil and military positioning.

And so some analysts warn this renewed attention to Africa - may put the Powers on a collision course, leaving Africa with no real long term benefit. To tell us more about what this might mean for the African Continent - we contacted Salim Lone. He's been following these events and the reaction to them in his column for The Daily Nation in Kenya. He was also a UN spokesman in Iraq in 2003. Salim Lone was in New York.

China/US in Africa – Morrison

Well some analysts see cause for hope in the increased American and Chinese interest in Africa. Steve Morrison is the Director of Africa Program at the US think-tank Center for Strategic and International Studies. He was in Washington D.C.

Listen to The Current: China/US in Africa

Source: CBC, April 05, 2007

othmani @ 4/10/2007 1:16 AM EST  i AGREE with u  RocketLunch

kenyan Somali @ 4/6/2007 12:06 PM EST  rocket launch, This is the first time that i concur with u.Ur comment shows atleast u have some little brains i u, not like ur previous irresponsible pro tfg foolish comments

RocketLaunch @ 4/5/2007 9:27 PM EST  It is time for Africans to do things for themselves. Africa has come to depend on the great powers of the day and its time for the continent to lift itself from third world status by implementing policies that would root out corruption which I think is one of the main problems that grips the continent of Africa.