Pambazuka News 449: Nkrumah at 100

The World Food Programme says that, for the first time, the number of people facing hunger worldwide has topped one billion, but who is to blame for this and what can be done to stem the flow of starvation? Inside Story speaks to Bettina Luescher, Christina Schiavoni, and Pambazuka's Firoze Manji.

Among the stories covered in this week’s Emerging powers news roundup, Russia’s influence as an investment partner grows, China signs deals in Ethiopia, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau and African nations lure Indian businessmen.

China’s successful economic policies are specifically Chinese. But they are made up of universal elements.

Sixty years ago, as Mao Zedong declared the founding of a new communist nation, considered a pariah state. Today t is a world power with sweeping influence -- it is financing America's debt, snapping up access to natural resources in Africa and Latin America, and making its voice heard on major diplomatic issues.

In latest report from the SAIIA China in Africa project, Chris Alden and Cristina and Alves argues that China’s energy policy, particularly continues remains a strategic focus in Beijing’s foreign policy making and underpins China’s economic foray into Africa’s natural resources.

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