Writing for the China Africa Research Initiative, Principal Research Fellow Dr Alessandro Arduino writes about the relationship between China and Africa in the security dimension, and what role private sector military companies have within that. He emphasises policies and regulations that protect and allow growth of the local African private military companies. Read the full policy brief here.

Image Caption: President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China having a bilateral meeting during his State Visit to South Africa, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Photo: Government Communication and Information System of South Africa / via Flickr.