Chinese Firm Wins $2.9 Bn Nairobi Airport Contract after Adani Deal Collapse – Outlook Business
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Kenya has picked a Chinese firm for a $2.9 billion upgrade of its biggest airport, two years after a concession deal with Indian conglomerate Adani Group was cancelled, according to news agency PTI.
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MOFA blasts China over exclusion from Kenya ocean conference
The [Taiwanese] Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) today condemned China for pressuring Kenya to block Taiwan from participating in the Our Ocean Conference, accusing Beijing of political interference and urging it to stop undermining global ocean cooperation.
Kenya is hosting the 11th Our Ocean Conference from today through Thursday in Mombasa.
At the invitation of the Kenyan government, Taiwanese academics traveled to Mombasa on Sunday to attend a preconference academic exchange and present research, the ministry said in a statement. When the academics arrived at the venue, organizers refused to issue entry badges on the grounds that Taiwanese passports are not recognized, the ministry said ...
The incident shows China’s “heavy-handed and overbearing diplomacy” and how it places political considerations above professional cooperation on ocean sustainability, the ministry said.