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The silhouettes of the container cranes in the Port of Balboa in Panama City on Feb. 24, 2026. Martin Bernetti/ AFP via Getty Images

Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes

A review of 133 countries’ ports found a correlation between investment from China and proximity to chokepoints.
Nigeria Navy officers at the induction of acquired warships and locally built Seaward Defence Boat in Lagos, 2021. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Africa’s militaries have always relied on imported weapons: why a shift to homegrown defence is now under way

Across Africa, governments are finding ways to reduce dependence on foreign arms suppliers and building capabilities they can control, maintain and adapt.
A cargo vessel at the Port of Balboa on the Pacific side of the Panama canal, which Panama Ports Company has managed since 1997. Carlos Lemos / EPA

China is losing ground in Latin America

Panama has been the centre of a power struggle between the US and China since the start of Trump’s second term.

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