China's involvement in African affairs has grown considerably since the 1990s. An indication of Beijing's influence in the continent, the first ever daily newspaper in Chinese has arrived in Botswana. Read more...

We've added a comment by Rick Edmonds.

The editorial that appeared in the International Herald Tribune on Monday morning is certainly not going to please the global blogosphere. The author raises concerns over the potential death of newspapers, flooded by increasing numbers of online publications which, ironically, only comment on material produced by others. We ask our Observers specialised in new media to comment on the critique. Read more...