Africa, China’s partnership at Global South media forum

THERE have been growing calls for intensified cooperation between Africa and China, as well as reform of international organisations, at this week’s two-day Global South Media and Think Tank Forum’s China-Africa partnership conference in Johannesburg.

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JOURNALISTS and representatives from think tanks across Africa and China, under the theme 'Reforming Global Governance: New Roles and Visions for China-Africa Co-operation,' attended the Global South Media and Think Tank Forum on China-Africa partnership, held at the Houghton Hotel. I TIMOTHY BERNARD Independent Newspapers

(TIMOTHY BERNARD Independent Newspapers)

The conference held at the Houghton Hotel was attended by journalists and representatives of think tanks from several countries on the continent and China under the theme, Reforming Global Governance: New Roles and Visions for China-Africa Cooperation.

Xinhua News Agency editor-in-chief Lu Yansong told delegates that relations between the northern hemisphere and the Global South were changing.

He said the relationship between Africa and China has advanced together and that the Global South was becoming a stabilising force for peace.

According to Yansong, China and its enterprises have created over 1.1 million jobs in the last three years.

Leslie Richer, director of information and communication at the African Union, said she believes the global order is in transition and marching towards ensuring justice, fairness, and representativity.

Richer criticised the United Nations Security Council, describing it as unrepresentative, as Africa still has no permanent member despite its population.