US Can Help Africa Escape China’s ‘Debt Trap,’ Former Mr. Africa Says

US Can Help Africa Escape China’s ‘Debt Trap,’ Former Mr. Africa Says
Akol Nyok Akol Dok, a South Sudanese business consultant speaks at the South Sudan investment road show in New York City, on April 12, 2019. Courtesy of Akol Nyok Akol Dok
Emel Akan
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China is rapidly gaining political and economic influence in Africa through its “debt trap diplomacy,” and to counter the Beijing regime’s regional hegemony, the United States must change its approach to the continent, an African business consultant and political activist said.

China will soon be controlling Africa and when the United States turns its attention to the continent, it will be too late, warned Akol Nyok Akol Dok, a South Sudanese business consultant and an activist who raises awareness about China’s neocolonial One Belt, One Road Initiative (OBOR). Dok was also Mr. Africa International in 2016.
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
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Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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