China is set to make one if its biggest overseas investments, in the west African nation of Liberia.
It's promising to spend $2.6bn developing an iron ore mine.
It's hoped the project will create 3,000 jobs in a country struggling to recover from years of war.
Dan Nolan reports from the mine site, about 150 kilometres north of the capital, Monrovia.
Nyasa Times "Minister of Women and Child Development Kate Kainja-Kaluluma has passed away in United Kingdom. “Indeed Hon Kate Kainja Kaluluma has died,” confirmed family friends in London. The 57-year-old minister was admitted to a North England hospital – York Hospital. Diplomatic sources at Malawi High Commission in London have said arrangements are being made to send her remains to Malawi. Kainja who was Dedza South West Constituency parliamentarian flew to United Kingdom for medical attention after a long-illness. She is survived by a husband, Emanuel Kaluluma and three children."