"For the last 20 years Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait have been building mosques here." Journalist and Africa expert Howard W. French says that Chinese "neocolonialism" began in Ethiopia about two decades ago, in 1996. Investing in the futureThe expropriation of land for these projects has run into intense opposition from local tribes in Ethiopia. This was done by building mosques in Muslim-majority areas and spreading their version of the Sunni faith in Islamic schools. But Beijing and the Arabian Gulf both see Ethiopia, whose global importance will only continue to grow, as an area full of promise.

Source: Ethiopian News March 20, 2017 08:48 UTC