There is often a perception put forth of a fight for supremacy between China and the USA. This is often the case when discussing the continent of Africa. Both countries have recently increased their involvement in Africa for a variety of reasons. In 2011, China surpassed the USA as Africa's largest trading partner, with Africa predicted to be Beijing's largest trad...

South Africa's concern over Islamic radical groups did not begin on 9/11. It began during the first Gulf War and escalated in the mid-1990's with the People against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD), a small terrorist cell located in their Western Cape province. Both al-Qaeda's 1998 United States embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania and the 9/11 terror attacks forced...