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People walk through a town square in Dinsor, southeastern Somalia, March 8, 2017.

Somalia Aims to Be Heard at Upcoming China-Africa Mega Summit

by Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden, Hodan Osman Abdi
June 8, 2018

Eric Olander

Eric Olander is the Founder of the China Africa Project, producer of the China in Africa Podcast which he co-hosts. Olander is a media executive based in Shanghai, China. Currently, he is employed by...

Cobus van Staden is the co-host of the weekly China in Africa Podcast, produced by the China Africa Project. Van Staden is currently the Senior China-Africa Researcher at the South African Institute...

Hodan Osman Abdi is a Research Fellow with the Institute of African Studies at Zhejiang Normal University, where she is also the Executive Director of the Center for East African studies. She...

Around 50 African leaders are expected to be in Beijing in September for the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit. While Africa’s largest and most strategically important countries will likely do very well, receiving huge financial packages, aid programs, and more, some countries will have to fight for everything they get. In this episode, Eric and Cobus speak with Dr. Hodan Osman Abdi, an advisor in China to Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, on how she plans to ensure that Somalia’s voice is heard at FOCAC.

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Topics:

Economy

Keywords:

Podcast, FOCAC, Africa, Somalia, Foreign Direct Investment, Chinese Investment, Diplomacy, China-Africa Relations, Belt and Road Initiative