{"id":6764,"date":"2024-03-31T19:59:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T19:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=6764"},"modified":"2024-03-31T20:00:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T20:00:53","slug":"chinese-security-firms-spread-along-the-african-belt-and-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=6764","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Security Firms Spread along the African Belt and Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author:<\/b>\u00a0 <\/span>Paul Nantulya<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Affiliation:<\/b> Africa Center for Strategic Studies<\/span><\/a> (ACSS)<\/span><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher:<\/b> ACSS<\/span><\/p>

Date\/Place:<\/b> June 15, 2021\/USA<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature:<\/b> Analysis<\/span><\/p>

Word Count:<\/b> 2366<\/span><\/p>

Link:<\/b> https:\/\/africacenter.org\/spotlight\/chinese-security-firms-spread-african-belt-road\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Keywords:<\/b> China, Africa, Security Firms, Belt and Road<\/span><\/p>

Brief:<\/b><\/p>

The increase and spread of unregulated Chinese security in Africa is problematic to African security and citizens. Since 2012, African countries have been marked as one of the highest-risk places to China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). To secure its investments within the BRI, China has relied on its own overseas security firms. China\u2019s security firms have brought contractors who are ex-PLA (People\u2019s Liberation Army) and People\u2019s Armed Police. As security firms are increasingly used to secure the Chinese\u2019 state-owned enterprises (SOEs), the human rights violations and local governments\u2019 security role are undermined. In many cases, there have been security breaches against African civilians, as the same contractors have illegally trained some local companies. The role of contractors within the Chinese firms has become opaque and non-transparent. Subsequently, a robust regulatory process in Africa must prioritize and secure African citizens. The push for transparency and oversight of Chinese security firms has broadly come from civil society groups in Africa. Most of these groups have focused on extractive activities where Chinese SOEs and security contracting are visible. Due to the social groups\u2019 activities, strategic litigation quickly emerged with the awareness around the opaque role of SOEs and security firms. Finally, Africans are likely to see the role of the Chinese in Africa as negative. Thus, the African Union along with African governments need to assess the foreign security role of Chinese security firms in Africa.<\/span><\/p>

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