The LAPSSET Corridor Is China’s Latest Silk Road in East Africa

The LAPSSET Corridor Is China’s Latest Silk Road in East Africa

IGAD’s Chinese-backed infrastructure projects will eventually create a regional version of Beijing’s vision for a Community of Common Destiny, one of the central philosophical tenets behind BRI. The Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopian (LAPSSET) Transport Corridor in the northeastern Kenyan port of the same name received its first ships last Thursday. The project hasn’t yet been fully…