Chinese Aviation Gambits – The Somalia Shuffle

A Chinese-financed airline initiative in Mogadishu would support Belt & Road in Africa

The tiny Tanzanian fishing port of Bagamoyo is being turned into one of Africa’s largest ports and will handle 20 million containers a year by 2045. The Sultanate of Oman, which has close historical links with Tanzania, is funding the project with a $10 billion investment. And China, which has no such history with Tanzania, is taking care of the constru…