Asia in Africa

The Africa Programme runs several research projects focused on Asian re-engagement in Africa and results of Asian competition in Africa. Research on the impact of Asian National Oil Companies in Angola and Nigeria culminated in a report, Thirst for African Oil published in August 2009. 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. In April 2010 a major conference looked at India's modern-day relationship with African countries and the future engagement between India and the continent. A report summarizes the conference.

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.

Resources

Two Years on from the Forum Summit: The Future of Africa-India Engagement
Conference Report, April 2010

Thirst for African Oil: Asian National Oil Companies in Nigeria and Angola
Chatham House Report
Alex Vines, Lillian Wong, Markus Weimer and Indira Campos, August 2009

Japan-African Engagement and TICAD IV: Can Japan Lead the Way on African Development?
Programme Paper
Elizabeth Donnelly, July 2008

Japan, Africa and the G8
The World Today
Elizabeth Donnelly, June 2008

India's Engagement with the African Indian Ocean Rim States
Programme Paper
Alex Vines and Bereni Oruitemeka, April 2008

Angola and China: A Pragmatic Partnership
Working Paper
Indira Campos and Alex Vines, March 2008

Darfur and Sino-African Relations
Transcript/Audio
Ambassador Liu Guijin, Chinese Government Special Representative on Darfur, February 2008

India and West Africa: A Burgeoning Relationship
Briefing Paper
Sushant K Singh, April 2007

Contact

For more information please contact Elizabeth Donnelly.

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