Rabat – Following an investigation that exposed Chinese espionage in the African Union (AU) headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, AU Chairman Moussa Faki said Thursday in Beijing that he didn’t believe China would spy on the bloc’s headquarters, suggesting it was “a ploy to destabilize relations,” reported AFP. The investigation, conducted by French newspaper Le Monde Afrique, claimed that over the last five years, all the AU servers were connected to other servers located in Shanghai. Each night, the secrets of the AU were being stored more than 8,000 km away by a supposed diplomatically of Africa. Chinese officials have previously denied espionage on African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa calling the report “sensational” and “absurd,” as well as an attempt to “divide China and Africa.”The $200 million complex was built by China and donated to African Union in 2012. According to Le Monde Afrique, the computer systems were fully equipped by the Chinese, allowing them to open an undocumented portal that gives Chinese administrators access to the AU’s computing system.

Source: Ethiopian News February 09, 2018 10:07 UTC