Joel Odota

Until recently, Italy stood alone among major Western nations that signed up for the Chinese flagship project, the Belt and Road...

In a letter dated October 30, 2023, addressed to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate, U.S. President Joe Biden...

Uganda is poised to take center stage in the international arena this January as it hosts three significant summits consecutively: the...

Uganda will be building the world’s longest oil pipeline (1443km), the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP), running from the...

I write this article today as we celebrate the State of Libya on its 72nd independence anniversary. Libya is cherished as one of Africa’s...

Premier Li Keqiang meets Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Beijing on March 31, 2015: Credit Chinese State Council. In a somber...

The end of the Cold War only reduced interstate conflict and gave rise to intrastate conflicts (Goodhand and Hulme 1999, 13). However,...

The G20 summit that kicked off at the Bharat Mandapam convention center in India’s Capital, New Delhi, on September 9 and concluded on...

The recent BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, finally led to the birth of the BRICS+, which includes new members rigorously...

Last month, the second Russia-Africa summit was held in St. Petersburg, Russia. The summit was attended by less than half of the heads of...

A photo of MONUSCO personnel in DRC. Source, MONUSCO With major wars in Ukraine, Sudan, Yemen, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the...

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 26, 2018....

China and Australian Flags: Credit: ABC News The Pacific has become a battleground for soft power competition between Beijing and...

China's President Xi Jinping. Photo Credit: Bloomberg Exactly a year into the Russa-Ukraine war, on February 24, 2023, China released the...

The Niger Coup Leaders are seen on national television making an address. Source: Reuters Between August 2020 and September 2022, the...

Photo Credit: Kampala International University (Accessed here) On March 17, 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest...

Photo Credit: Owomugisha Blessing Immaculate on Twitter. Amid tough pressures from the West and other economic conditions, Iran, Russia,...

Photo copied from Pexel.com (Accessible here) My name is Joel Odota, and I am a China-trained sinologist. I am writing this article to...

Every year on March 8, people all over the world observe International Women's Day to honour the social, economic, cultural, and...

China's tech growth is exponential, and many Western countries are asking themselves whether or not Beijing will emerge the tech leader...