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India-South Africa Joint Statement/Joint Communiqué

29 Jan 19 News

Of the State Visit of President Cyril Ramaphosa to India, 25 January 2019 At the invitation of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the President of the Republic of South Africa...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s first State Visit to India

29 Jan 19 News

President Cyril Ramaphosa, during his media remarks on 25 January 2019 following his first State Visit to India as President of the Republic of South Africa, said that fruitfu...

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30 Nov 18 News

AfCFTA ratification update, @AUTradeIndustry: “Great and welcome news. Getting closer to 22. Senegalese cabinet last night adopted draft law authorizing ratification of AfCFTA A...

Intra-African trade key to continent’s economic growth, says Mauritian Minister

18 Sep 18 News

The 24th Session of the Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Southern Africa opened in Mauritius today with an impassioned plea from Foreign Affairs, Regional Integrati...

Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Action Plan (2019-2021)

10 Sep 18 News

1. Preamble 1.1 The 2018 Beijing Summit and the Seventh Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was held in Beijing from 2 to 4 September 2018. Hea...

Declaration of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

06 Sep 18 News

Towards an Even Stronger China-Africa Community with a Shared Future 1.1 We, the Heads of State, Government and Delegations of the People’s Republic of China and 53 African coun...

Kagame backs new China-Africa development framework

05 Sep 18 News

President Paul Kagame has backed the Africa-China development framework announced on Monday by Chinese President Xi Jinping. President Kagame was speaking on Tuesday at a roundtab...

2018 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC): Remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa

04 Sep 18 News

Remarks by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during the 2018 FOCAC Opening Ceremony in Beijing, China At the outset, allow me to express our profound gratitude for the gener...

2018 FOCAC Beijing Summit: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech at the opening ceremony

04 Sep 18 News

Chinese President H.E. Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) on Monday. The full...

In Beijing, UN chief urges China, Africa for a win-win collaboration for ‘the future we want’

04 Sep 18 News

Highlighting the economic and development progress made in China and Africa, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged them to unite their combined potential for pea...

FOCAC: Call for investment-led trade

04 Sep 18 News

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for investment-led trade between Africa and China. This will help promote the industrialisation of African economies and position the continen...

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31 Aug 18 News

Ethiopian trade, industrial policy updates: (i) Ethiopia’s PM appoints new policy reforms advisor, chief trade negotiator (ECADF). Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has assigned Mamo Mi...

Tensions grow over the future of the ACP group

31 Aug 18 News

The African Union wants to have a continent-to-continent dialogue with Europe, a change that could make the framework of the Cotonou Agreement implode and leave the Pacific and Car...

Third Singapore-Sub-Saharan Africa High-Level Ministerial Exchange Visit

29 Aug 18 News

12 Ministers from Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda called on Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong at...

Mauritius-China FTA: Third round of negotiations underway

14 Aug 18 News

The three-day third round of negotiations on the Mauritius-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) opened on Monday, 13 August 2018 at the Hilton Hotel in Flic en Flac. The FTA aims at fu...

BRICS in Africa: Working towards the realisation of the African aspirations

29 Jun 18 News

Speech by Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Reginah Mhaule, during the BRICS Stakeholder Engagement held on 27 June 2018 in partnership with ...

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26 Jun 18 News

Next month’s BRICS Summit: preview by Standard Bank’s Jeremy Stevens South Africa will host the 10th annual summit of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa group. ...

IBSA Declaration on South-South Cooperation

07 Jun 18 News

The External Affairs Minister of the Republic of India, Smt. Sushma Swaraj, The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Ms. Lindiwe Sis...

Kenyan, Chinese enterprises pledge stronger cooperation to boost growth

23 May 18 News

Chinese enterprises on Tuesday pledged to cooperate with their Kenyan counterparts to stimulate economic growth and social renewal in line with the Belt and Road Initiative. The n...

China mission to attract investors to Special Economic Zones

21 May 18 News

The Department of Trade and Industry will this month embark on an investment roadshow to Shanghai, China, aimed at wooing investors to the South African Special Economic Zones (SEZ...