China Tightens Grip on African Media, as US Influence Fades

Published on June 4, 2024

JOHANNESBURG—The Chinese government has annexed media spaces across Africa, severely restricting citizens’ access to fair, balanced, and accurate news, and allowing Beijing to spread anti-American messaging at will, according to separate research completed by two of the world’s foremost authorities on China’s actions on the continent. Reports from Paul Nantulya, at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, and Joshua Eisenman, senior fellow for China studies at the American Foreign Policy Council, paint a disturbing picture of the Chinese government’s success in spreading propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation on a continent characterized by President Joe Biden as “essential” to ensuring a better future for the entire planet....

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