Beijing's scholars and foreign policy mandarins are experimenting on the "power/knowledge" model to win the hearts and minds of African thinkers and wielders of power in governments and regional groupings. [...] China's new power/knowledge approach to African affairs is part of its emerging African strategy. 

Over 400 people including African diplomats to China, former Chinese ambassadors to African countries, representatives of the members of the Secretariat of the Chinese Follow-up Committee of FOCAC, and experts from Chinese Research Institutes on Africa, university teachers and students, and representatives of African students in China, attended the event.

On September 10, 2015, the launching ceremony of the book "CHINA-AFRICA 500: Facts About China, Africa and Relations Between the Two"and the Chinese Bridge ― Sino-African Friendship Knowledge Competition was held in Peking University. [...] This event is co-sponsored by the Secretariat of the Chinese Follow-up Committee of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), Peking University, China Public Diplomacy Association and the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban).

The Narendra Modi government has pulled out all the stops to host the first all-Africa Summit in India. If China could get heads of state and government of an entire continent at a single venue in 2006, a faster growing India can surely do so in 2015. Well, almost. 

With the Modi government planning to host representatives of more than 50 African States in New Delhi from 26 to 29 October, it is time to understand what this means for India, the reason for this sudden interest and what the dimensions are of this engagement.

Pope Francis on Sunday decried the deaths of 71 migrants in an abandoned truck in Austria, calling it an offense against "the entire human family. We entrust each of them to the mercy of God," the pontiff said in Rome, calling on world leaders "to cooperate with effectiveness to prevent these crimes."

African stars joined U2 frontman Bono on Friday in a campaign to use music to help empower women around the world. Bono and top African male musicians D'banj, Diamond and Banky W announced that they will be included in a remix of the song "Strong Girl," a rallying cry for women's empowerment which features top African female talent.