China’s Belt & Road ‘debt trap’ enlist a newcomer? This time, in Africa

 

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We have heard about China’s occupation of a deepwater port in Sri Lanka as part of its Belt & Road initiative, often referred to as the “debt trap”. But are we facing another similar situation? This time, the regime’s eyes are on Africa.

State-run China Harbour Engineering has just finished the Lekki deepwater port project in Nigeria.