
Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for President William Ruto in Beijing, China, on April 24 /XINHUAFor the better part of modern history, Africa has been treated as an afterthought in global diplomacy, a supplier of raw materials and a passive consumer of foreign ideas, policy frameworks and capital.















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