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Asia in Africa

In 2008 and 2009 the Africa Programme is running several research projects focused on Asian re-engagement in Africa and results of Asian competition in Africa. Research is underway in Angola and Nigeria on the impact of Asian National Oil Companies. A working paper on China and Angola was published by CSIS in Washington DC in March 2008 - Angola and China: A Pragmatic Partnership.

This work on China builds on research by the Africa Programme on China in Africa which has been published in The World Today, the South African Journal of International Affairs and Current History to date . In February 2008, China's Special Envoy on Darfur gave a keynote address at Chatham House - Darfur and Sino-African Relations - a sign of our growing engagement with China.

Chatham House is also working on Indian policy towards Africa building on our 2007 publication of a briefing paper - India in West Africa: A Burgeoning Relationship. In 2008 we published on India in the African Indian Ocean Rim and co-edited a special issue of the South African Journal of International Affairs on India in Africa, launched in April 2008 to coincide with the first India-Africa Forum in New Delhi.

Since 2003 we have been working on Japan's policy in Africa, focusing on its G8 commitments and the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). In 2008 we held meetings on the linkage between TICAD and Japan's G8 presidency including analysis of the run up to the TICAD IV summit in Yokohama in May 2008 and the G8 summit in Hokkaido in July 2008.

This work is being undertaken thanks to generous contributions from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the Revenue Watch Institute.