China’s Horn of Africa envoy advances Beijing’s push for peace in strategic and complex region

China’s new envoy for Horn of Africa affairs will help Beijing take a bigger role in the African region’s politics, economy and security to further peace in a part of the world where Beijing has vast investment interests and its first overseas military base.

On Tuesday, China announced the appointment of senior diplomat Xue Bing as its new special envoy for the Horn of Africa, as promised by Foreign Minister Wang Yi while on a trip to Kenya last month.