The Ebola epidemic has been in international headlines for months now, and as a result, many countries are coming to the aid of West Africa to help fight this fatal outbreak. Dr. He Wenping argues that China and the U.S. should help fund research and medical teams in afflicted nations.

Was the recent U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Washington’s response to China’s growing role on the African continent? David H. Shinn, former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso, explores this summit and its similarities to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

After being snubbed by the Obama administration and excluded from the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe traveled to China in search of much needed financial support to help restore the Zimbabwe’s crumbling infrastructure.

The US-Africa summit revealed America’s intention to catch up and compete with China in Africa, but it also conveyed a message of strengthening collaboration with China and promoting African development and security together, writes He Wenping.

Following the recently concluded U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., Zhou Bo examines Sino-U.S. relations on the continent and encourages cooperation and collaboration across three focus areas: peacekeeping, counter-pirarcy, and capacity building.