2024 FOCAC SUMMIT TAKEAWAYS: MEANING FOR THE FUTURE OF SINOAFRICA RELATIONS

2024 FOCAC SUMMIT TAKEAWAYS: MEANING FOR THE FUTURE OF SINOAFRICA RELATIONS

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• 15 Sep, 2024

IThe recently concluded Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit, held in Beijing on September 4-6, 2024, is the largest-ever China-Africa gathering and, potentially, the most impactful. The gathering was attended by 53 out of 54 African states, including a record 51 heads of State, representatives of two heads of State, China, the Chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC) and the UN SecretaryGeneral. It is also the most successful of over a dozen summits organized by global powers jostling to expand their diplomatic footprints in Africa, including the United States-Africa Leaders’ Summit (2022) and the Russia–Africa Summit (2023).